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RESTORE HARMONY!

Applejack opened her eyes when somepony shouted in her ear. She immediately regretted doing so as morning sunlight seared her groggy eyes.

"Ow!" she moaned as she rubbed her eyes with her hooves. After a few moments of getting her eyes to adjust, Applejack began to examine her surroundings. She was surrounded by a sort of stunted tree, the grass she laid on was grimy and had an oily feel to it, and bits of garbage was littered everywhere... "Dang-nabbit... Whai can't some ponies clean up afer them selves?" Applejack wondered out loud. She stood up on shaky legs. Despite their unquestionable strength...They felt like they haven't been used in years... "Best way ta get active is ta BE active..." Applejack reminded herself as she began to bend down to pick up the litter with her mouth. She stopped immediately when she caught a whiff of the smell. "Ain't no way in Equestria am Ah puttin' that in mah mouth..." she mumbled to herself as she kicked the burnt roll of paper towards to where she hoped she could put a pile. "Just a disgrace that somepony let their orchard get in this state..." she continued to grumble as she kicked a fairly large piece of crumbled metal towards to where she already had a large pile of rubbish.

Soon, the orange workpony had a very large pile of garbage, and didn't know half of what she had collected.

"Now all Ah got ta do is get a trash bucket over here... Or somethin'..." Applejack stated as she finished her task. She then made her way towards the wall of trees and shrubs, and poked her head through. Her jaw literally hit the ground.

Tall steel buildings arced high into the sky around her. the area around her was grassy and played host to both ponies, and some sort of bald two legged ape... But what immediately drew her attention was the over abundance of trash and litter that seemed to grow with every passing second, dropped by both ponies and ape. "Buck that then..." she murmmered to herself, not wanting to draw attention. Despite the ponies also walking around in a park that was very similar with Manehattens park... She felt like she would stick out like a sore hoof. Especially if she kept trying to clean up the trees. A pair of apes suddenly walked past, making Applejack duck her head back into the bush. She overheard them muttering something in a harsh gibberish.

"What the hay was that?" she whispered to herself, unsure of what these strange apes were... And what any ape could be talking about... Was any ponies guess... "Wait a cotton pickin' second..." She mumbled silently to herself, realizing a very important detail. "If them monkeys are talkin'... Then they obviously are thinkin'!" she exclaimed silently. Applejack then began to wonder why any pony would WANT to live in the same area as these ape things... Because, seriously. She could smell them from here for Pete's sake! Regardless of funny smelling monkeys however, it was soon obvious that she wouldn't be able to do much from hiding in the bushes.

Applejack kept an eye out for a group to slip behind so she wouldn't be noticed, something just didn't sit quite right about these strange monkeys in her head. So, when Applejack was sure no pony/ weird monkey thing was looking she slipped out of the bush behind a group of ponies that seemed to know what they were doing. While following them she over heard bits and pieces of their conversation... Particularly the voice of a larger forest green earth pony mare.

"Damn that little yellow brat... Just because she inherited that infernal monopoly from her brother doesn't mean that she rules the world!" she whisper screamed.

"Calm down Cab... You know just as well as I do that a little filly can't run a company... much less a business like that for long." stated a vegetable green pegasi stallion. "All we gotta do is make Apple Industries a little unstable..." Applejack nearly stopped when she heard 'Apple Industries' But her curiosity kept her from losing track of the conversation.

"I don't know Cel... I just don't like the look on the little bitch's face when she announced our bomb threat..." BOMB THREAT?! Applejack began trotting at a faster rate to hear everything more clearly. "I mean... Come on! What sick little freak SMILES when announcing that?!" "Cab" asked with a shudder.

"A monster... Which is exactly what Applebloom is..." "Cel" stated. Applebloom... A monster?! Applejack didn't at all like what these ponies were saying... And any pony that did insult one of her family members deserved a good bucking... So, anyone that did know Applejack probably wouldn't have been surprised at her reaction.

"What now about Applebloom?" she asked in a deathly serious tone. The group stopped when they heard Applejack's Southern accent. The mare that went by the name of Cabbage Patch turned around with a wicked grin.

"Well well well... Look who's out of their orchard..." The other ponies began to take up aggressive stance around Applejack. "And didn't your inbred mother teach you to not eavesdrop?" Cabbage grimly stated. Inbred?! INBRED!?!

"Oh nelly, first you call mah sister a monster, THEN ya have the gall to call mah mother INBRED?!" yelled Applejack. The surrounding ponies immediately broke down into hysterical laughter.

"You think Applebloom is your SISTER?!" Cabbage Patch laughed. "Look boys, the perfect example of Apple Family genetics!" the forest green mare began wiping tears from her eyes with her fetlock. "Earth to the Apple loser! You're one of her cousins!" she called out to Applejack. Who was now gritting her teeth.

"Take. That. Back. Right. NOW." Applejack ordered.

"Or what? Look around little Apple... You're outnumbered and surrounded..." Cabbage smirked.

"Last chance..." Applejack warned.

"Aw... How cute!"

"Goin' once..." Earth pony magic flooded Applejack's body as her muscles tensed.

"The inbred Apple thinks she can win!"

"Goin' twice..." Buck McGilicutty and Kicks McGee locked into the famous position that the Apple Family was known for.

"Maybe I'll send your 'sister' videos of your death throes!"

"Sold to the gentlecolt RIGHT behind me..." Applejack stated grimly as she bucked the stallion that was attempting to sneak behind her. CRUNCH. The surrounding ponies charged forwards all at once, straight into a waiting Applejack. She bucked another mare behind her and then used the mare as a launch pad, propeling Applejack straight towards Cabbage Patch. Applejack's right hoof collided with a stallions muzzle as she charged forwards, knocking several teeth out and sending him flying backwards as the charging orange mare made her way past. She was soon in front of Cabbage, whose eyes seemed to bulge as she saw Applejack's angry gaze. And after seeing her knock out a full grown stallion with out breaking stride... Cabbage collapsed to ground after fainting. Applejack smirked smugly and lept over the unconscious mare.

More ponies began approaching the fight as they saw the orange mare leap over the sleeping Cabbage. Soon there were over 20 ponies all glaring at Applejack in anger. Sirens began to resonate in the distance. The police won't get here in time... She thought to herself as the ponies edged closer.

"Only one thing ta do!" she stated out-loud. While AJ could've handled six or seven... 20 was a whole other thing that she couldn't deal with. And judging by the looks of these ponies... They wouldn't be stopping even after the police show'd up... Thankfully there was no pony blocking an escape route now... Applejack turned tail and galloped away as fast as her legs could carry her. Her ears flicked backwards to hear the thundering hooves that were now following her.

Applejack didn't know how far or how long she ran. She had turned multiple corners in her efforts to get away from the angry ponies... She had lost most of them, but there was still eight of them that were determined to beat her into a pulp. And the flashing blue and red lights! They were everywhere! They reflected off the metal and glass surfaces, making the city jungle an even harder mirror maze. They hurt Applejack's eyes when ever one of them flashed. She slide into a turn that looked generally safe compared to everywhere else... Only to run into a dead end alley...

"Buck!" she yelled. The rapid sounds of hooves hitting the strange surface under hoof got louder, and one of the blue/red sirens was also getting closer...

"Psst! AJ!" some pony whispered from a shadowy doorway. Applejack turned towards the noise and nearly froze.

"Braeburn?!" she exclaimed. "What the hay are you doing here?!"

"No time to explain! Get in!" The caramel stallion stated as he gestured for Applejack to enter the door behind him. Braeburn was family... And Family could be trusted... Applejack thought as she lept into the door behind Braeburn.

Author's Note

Ending of this chapter was a bit rushed :/