Apples To Apples

Chapters

The meteor
The Apples are Restless
Fluttershy Goes Beserk
Night of the Marching Apples

The meteor

It started out like any other day; the Apple family started their daily harvesting. It was a pretty day, barely a cloud in the sky. Applejack liked her life, harvesting was fun to her, and it put Bits on the table. They had no idea what would happen over the next few days, the horrors they would see, the many ponies killed.

Meanwhile, at the library, Twilight Sparkle groggily out of bed to begin the day. Today was a special day for astronomers. The Pale-Lopp comet would come to make its centennial appearance, making the skies turn a lovely shade of green.
“Shike! Shiiiike!” grumbled Twilight, head drooping.
“Yea Twilight?” her assistant Spike asked.
“Bring me shome coffee, pleash”
“Right away.” Said Spike happily, heading to the kitchen make up a cup. Twilight was not a morning type of a person. Luckily, her daily dose of coffee fixed that; otherwise Twilight would be grumpy and drowsy the entire day. It would be comical, if it were not for the irritability that came with it.
“Here’s your coffee!” said Spike.
“Tank yoo” she said while sipping the coffee.
“Big day huh?” Twilight just nodded. As time went by, the unicorn woke up and, as a result, talked more. She gathered her books, scrolls, and quills and ink and put it in her saddle bag, with Spike on top of her, talking his ear off.
“It’s so exciting! I mean, a comet coming so close to the surface that it creates a green hue as it releases parti-“
“Twilight”
“-Alters the atmospheric pressure so that-“
“Twilight!”
“-Comes close enough to produce this phenomenon, and yet not too close enough for it to crash-“
“TWILIGHT!”
“Oop, sorry Spike, guess I got carried away there” said Twilight, who was now blushing. They went to gather their friends to witness the comet, which would cross over Sweet Apple Acers.

As they got ready for the show, they heard a loud rumbling. Twilight knew this sound as the unmistakable sound of a meteor entering the atmosphere. Twilight was shocked because the comet wasn’t supposed to come until later in the afternoon. The ponies oohed and awed as the sky turned a pretty lime green, all except Twilight and Fluttershy. Fluttershy was shivering violently, while Twilight was confused why the comet was so early. She barely had time to think when the rumbling intensified and a large meteor screaming over towards to the apple farm. Too close to the ground Twilight realized, as the meteor exploded into green dust, which settled over the farm, and a shock wave washed over them. Fluttershy squealed when it exploded, while Applejack ran towards the apple farm. Rainbow Dash followed the orange mare, while Twilight tagged along. The other ponies sat there wondering what the hay just happened.

“Applejack! Wait up!” Twilight called after her. Applejack went into the apple tree forest, to check out everything. She was worried as hay, but there seemed to be no damage, aside from a few apples lying on the ground. The entire house-sized meteor disintegrated into fine dust which settled over all the apple trees.
We’ll pick them apples up” said Applejack turning to the two other ponies. She saw something out of the corner of her eye, but when she turned to look at it, there was nothing, even though she sworn she saw an apple on the ground where she was looking. “Hmm.. Ah could ‘a sworn...”
“What’s that?” asked Twilight.
“Oh, uh, Ah thought that Ah saw somethin’, but it must ‘a just been mah imagination.”

Unbeknownst to them, there was an apple there, but walked away….

The Apples are Restless

Twilight Sparkle was writing a letter to Princess Celestia when she heard the first of many screams.
“What in the hay?” Twilight walked to the window “Oh, my…” Her eye’s widened. Apples were everywhere. But not just any apples. They were attacking everything that moved. She even saw one poor pony overwhelmed and devoured alive. Spike, who was napping at the time, came into the room to see what was so important that it couldn’t wait till his nap was over. When he saw what was going on, he quickly donned on a pair of sunglasses, then took them off dramatically and said “mother of god”. If something else was going on, she would have just rolled her eyes. That’s when she noticed five apples heading for her window
“Oh dear Celestia” The window shattered, sending bits of glass hitting her coat. She didn’t feel them digging into her skin because she was too busy paying attention to the short, stubby limbs wrapping around her body. Pain shot up through her as the apples gnawed at her. Twilight fell on the floor as more apples came through the window. Thwack! Thwack! Thwack! Twilight opened her eyes and saw Spike wearing a pan on his head as an impromptu helmet, holding two rolling pins. He tossed Twilight one, and continued to bat at the remaining apples. Twilight attacked the apples that had attacked her, knocking them off of her. She got to her feet and helped Spike fighting off the creatures.

Rainbow Dash was napping when she awoke to the sounds of screaming ponies. She got up and looked down at the chaos below. She couldn’t believe her eyes. Apples where everywhere, and moving. She rushed down to get a closer look when she felt something grab her waist. A gigantic apple with… tentacles grabbed onto her and started to pulled her down. Dash’s wings went into overdrive, struggling fiercely against the apple’s grip.
“Hyyaaah!” Dash turned her head to look at the pony that had yelled the battle cry and saw Applejack and Big Mac charging at the creature. Applejack had a baseball bat in her hooves, while Big Mac was carrying a lasso and a chainsaw and an axe.
“CHARGE!” screamed Applejack as she swung at one of the creature’s tentacles, while Big Mac wrapped the rope around the tentacle that was holding Dash, and gave a tug to bring the creatures limb down to earth to start cutting at it with his chainsaw. Pieces of apple gore flew in all directions. Eventually the limb was cut off, and Big Mac handed Dash the axe, and the group started to go to work on the creature.

Rarity was just finishing up on the new dress she had been working on with Pinkie Pie and Fluttershy, when she heard the window breaking. She turned around to see an apple charging towards her, teeth showing a hellish grin. Just before the beast lunged at Rarity, there was a barrage of bullets as the apple disintegrated. She turned to find Pinkie wearing sunglasses, smoking a cigarette, and holding a smoking mini gun.
“Dear, why on earth are you holding a…mini gun?” asked Rarity.
“Simple, silly! I never leave home without my mini gun in case I might need it, like today!” Pinkie happily replied.
“But, um… why are you wearing sunglasses and smoking…if you don’t mind me asking…” asked Fluttershy shyly.
“Because I think it adds to the feel of being bad-ass”
“Oh…”
“Do you think we should tell the others what monstrosities we encountered?”
“Nope! They already know!”
Rarity looked around “Whatever do you mean dear? How do you know?”
“I just looked outside, silly!”
Rarity walked over to the window, and sure enough, apples were attacking. She saw Twilight and Spike fighting their way to them and Applejack, Big Mac, and Dash fighting a gigantic apple. Rarity heard the unmistakable sound of a clip being loaded into a pistol. Rarity turned and Pinkie handed her an AK-47, and Fluttershy a Desert Eagle.

Twilight and Spike were surrounded. They had their backs to each other. The apples gave out yet another shriek, and charged. They didn’t even make one step forward, as a hail of bullets mowed them down. Twilight turned to look and saw Pinkie and Rarity firing at the apples. That’s when they heard the cry.

Fluttershy Goes Beserk

The cry could be heard from all of Equestria. No one would’ve guessed that the cry came from Fluttershy. Fluttershy had flown to her cottage to check on the well-being of her animal friends. She would not have guess that her cottage had been attacked. Fluttershy couldn’t believe her eyes when she saw what had happened. Bits of animal flesh lain strewn about the yard. Angle and a few other animals had fled to the top of the roof in hopes of escaping the dreaded apples. Unfortunately, an apple followed them and sunk its jagged teeth into Angle’s hind leg. Fluttershy screamed, and then darkness settled in as she blacked out.
Rainbow Dash had heard the cry and went to investigate, and when she got to the cottage, what she saw made her blood ran cold. Fluttershy, the shy, and timid , scared-of-anything Fluttershy went into a rage, stomping apples, tearing apples in half, and cornering five and making them watch as she viciously tearing an apple to shreds with her teeth. After all the apples at the cottage had been brutally and savagely killed, she sped toward Ponyvill. Dash, unfortunately, was hovering in Fluttershy’s path and was savagely shoved aside by the enraged Fluttershy, being sent tumbling down to the earth below, luckily saving herself.
Fluttershy zoomed toward the giant apple, which was beating Applejack senseless. But Applejack just got right back up, her friends backing her up. That’s when they noticed the yellow blur speeding at unimaginable speeds, making the Sonic Rainboom seemed to be as slow as a snail. They realized to their horror that it was Fluttershy. Fluttershy was traveling at such great speeds that the apple seemed to just absorb her as she rammed herself inside the apple.
“Did Fluttershy just do what I think she just did?” asked Twilight
Applejack nodded “Ah reckon ya right Twi-“the apple exploded.
Pinkie took off her sunglasses dramatically “Mother of god” The others were wide-eyed, jaws at the ground as they stared at the being that stood in place of the apple. Fluttershy iris’s had turned red; fur and mane covered in apple gore; eye’s darting side to side, seeking more apples to slaughter savagely.
“RRRRRRRRRRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!” roared Fluttershy, “WhErE ArE ThE aPpLeS?!?!?!” Fluttershy said in a voice that sounded like it didn’t belong on this world. The others just gaped at the demonic Fluttershy. Even Pinkie was so shocked, eyes wide as basketballs, iris’s shrunk to the size of pinpricks, jaw practically detached. Fluttershy rushed forward into town, killing every apple in sight.
Applejack noticed a horrid smell emanating from Rarity. Rarity looked sheepishly and said “I think I might have lost control of my bowels”
Pinkie’s jaw snapped shut “That’s not very lady-like.”

Night of the Marching Apples

Applejack was sleeping when she heard the breaking of glass. Her eyes flashed opened and sat up in her bed. She heard a thump. She got out of bed and walked quietly to her closet, grabbing a baseball bat. She heard a cabinet drawer open and more thumping as she quietly made her way down the stairs. Her eyes adjusted and could faintly make out the shape of….apples?
“What in tarnation?” she said out loud. The apple stopped moving, and seemed to turn towards her. She could make out limbs sticking out of their sides. All at once they screamed a hellish sound and charged at the pony. Applejack took a swing at the closest… thing, smashing it to bits. She heard hoof steps behind her, and Big Mac stood beside her as Applejack took another swing and sent another one of the creatures flying.
“What’s go ‘in on?” asked Big Mac.
“These… these things jus’ start’d attack’n me! A little help would be just dandy, now” grunted Applejack as she took out another apple, splattering the apple’s guts on the wall. Big Mac noticed glints of light reflecting off of their hellish array of teeth. “Eeeyup”. He agreed, crushing an apple beneath his large hooves. The apples realized that the attempt to get fresh meat was hopeless; they hopped out of the windows, surprisingly agile and ran back to the apple farm.
“What in the hay was that?” panted Applejack. Dawn was breaking, revealing the carnage the apple’s left behind in the kitchen. Plates were on the floor, broken to bits. Silverware was everywhere. Broken glass littered the floor and counter. Food was everywhere you can possibly imagine. The air was pieced with a high shriek. Applejack ran to the window and saw that every tree in the apple orchard had no apples on them. She looked around and saw thousands of walking apples heading towards Ponyvill. One apple was big. To say it was gigantic was an understatement. Instead of feet and arms, it had octopus-like tentacles; its eyes were so close together, that you’d mistake it as only having one eye. The purple iris’s darted back and forth searching for victims. It didn’t walk so much as it just waddled on its four ten-feet-long tentacles.
“This ain’t good”
“Nnnnope”