Farewell BigMac

It was over, Flim and Flam had won. Applejack and her family had to move out of Ponyville, after all working on an apple farm was the only work they knew. And now that the two brothers were the sole providers of apples (and apple products) in Ponyville there was nothing they nor anypony could do. Applejack’s friends tried to protest but the two unicorns had won fair and square and none of the Apple family were willing to go back on their word. Even with the help of her friends, Applejack was unable to even get close to the number of barrels of cider that the Super Cider Squeezy 6000 produced.

They all said farewell and headed out the farm. Thankfully the they did have somewhere to go: Appleousa. There they would meet up with Breaburn and their other relatives and stay there for a while, while they tried to figure out what to do next, as even there they could not accommodate the Apple family for long. Yet they would not be leaving so soon as no train was going to Appleousa that day. Applejack spoke with her friends and they all agreed that the Apple family would stay the night at their friends houses: Applejack and Applebloom would stay at Twilight’s, granny Smith would stay at Fluttershy’s (especially since she was so good at taking care of animals and persons) and Big Mac would either stay at Rarity’s or Pinkie Pie’s, the decision was left to him.

The day was eventually coming to an end and after all the work they went through everypony was quite tired, so they decided to head home to rest. Big Mac told everypony that he needed some time to think, so everypony left, wishing him a good night. Big Mac stared at the night sky wondering what would happen and what him and his family could do? He knew all too well that staying in Appleousa was not the be all and end all of this situation, that they would have to find somewhere else to stay eventually. He was worried. But that was not all that went through his mind, he also remembered the laughter of the two Flim Flam brothers, the way they strolled up so confidently into Ponyville and impressed everypony, the way they tricked his family into agreeing to a deal he knew they would lose (a deal with huge consequences), the way they didn’t even think twice about what would happen to him and his family. It hurt but it also angered him, it angered him greatly. After having walked for a while, to his surprise he found himself to be quite sleepy so he decided to head back to get some sleep. Rarity’s house was closer so he decided to go there for the night. When he reached the house he carefully and quietly headed in, making sure not to wake up anypony. He found a comfortable spot and just lay there not worrying about where it was, at least he could be in peace in his dreams.