4 Drunk Fillies

Down on the fields of Sweet Apple Acres, in a big red barn at the center of it all, Applejack and a couple of pegasi friends were enjoying a very entertaining story that Applejack herself was telling.

"And that's how ah got myself stuck in a barrel of apples." She said with her usual southern accent. She sighed in slight disappointment.

Rainbow Dash, Fluttershy and Derpy Hooves had listened intently to her, trying very hard not to laugh or make any comments. Finally, after much inside snickering to herself, Dash finally burst.

"BAHAHA!!!" She fell backwards off the hay, rolling around, clutching her stomach. The story itself was funny enough, but just the sight of the blue Pegasus losing it...well, that made everyone else laugh just as hard.

"Hahaa! Oh Rainbow...you crazy Pegasus, hehe!" Derpy said through her short breaths.

"My, my...poor Applejack. I still couldn't believe that you got your entire body stuck inside a small barrel." Fluttershy smiled and started chuckling. "The mere thought of it makes me want to laugh."

Applejack flushed from embarrassment. "Yeah yeah...Golly, Maybe I shouldn't have told that story..." She looked down. "That's one of my more embarrassin' ones." She muttered.

"Hahaha...oh come on AJ, hehe..." Rainbow Dash finally picked herself up, whipping some tears from her eyes. "You have to admit that it was pretty flippin funny!" She snickered. "Stuck in a barrel..." She nearly lost it again.

Applejack flushed again, smirking. It was kinda' hilarious...she just didn't like the fact that it was her own stupidity and wrongdoing that led to it.

"Yeah...ah guess you're right Rainbow..." She wanted to change the subject. "Uh, but enough about that. What about you three? Do y'all have any stories of your own?" She asked the three of them.

Fluttershy looked around nervously. "Well...I guess I..." She withdrew her decision, "Oh well, maybe I shouldn't..."

"Oh come on Fluttershy!" Derpy said.

"Yeah, were all friends here. Come on, tell us!" Dash encouraged.

"I'd love a good story." Applejack said, repositioning herself on the seat of hay.

"Oh, I guess...I could tell you...okay..." She cleared her throat and began.

"So, I was in my cot, a couple days ago, after caring for some injured birds, and I was really exhausted. Remember how hot it was, a couple days ago?"

"Yeah. It was like...a hundred and two?" Rainbow guessed.

"Somewhere around there." Applejack answered. She looked back to Fluttershy.

"Yes...and I was very exhausted. The heat had really gotten too me. So, I walked straight for my couch, and there was a blanket there."

"Okay?" Rainbow said in confusion.

"Wait, I'm not finished...so, I sat down, and all of a sudden, I hear this squeaking noise under me, and something moved under the blanket."

"Huh...strange..." Applejack said.

"And when I looked, I could see Angel staring at me from a few feet away, and he seemed...well, frightened and angry...at me. And I had to wonder what had happened..."

Dash had already started to snicker, because she knew what Fluttershy had done.

"I looked down at the blanket...and I gasped when I realized why he was staring at me..."

"Oh no..." Applejack said, shaking her head.

Fluttershy sighed. "I sat on Angel!"

Dash started laughing her butt off again. Applejack and Derpy both shook their heads.

"I felt so bad for him! I had sat on him without even realizing her was under the blanket! Oh...it was so embarrassing..." She blushed.

"Oh my Fluttershy..." Applejack took off her hat. "Angel must have been pretty darn upset with you."

"He was...very upset. He didn't even accept the carrot I offered him later. Oh...I hope her forgives me." She shook her head.

Applejack put a hoof on her shoulder. "Ah'm sure he will, sugarcube." Fluttershy smiled at her. They both looked to Rainbow Dash, whose loud laughs had disrupted their thinking.

"Aw shucks Rainbow...it's not that funny, is it?" Applejack asked.

She pushed herself up again, trying to catch a breath. "Heh, it's, hehe...pretty, ha...dang...hoohoo...funny, AJ."

Applejack rolled her eyes. "Always making things funnier than they should be..." She sat up and walked over to the other side of the barn, just to stretch her legs a bit.

"What about you Derpy? Do you have any stories to tell?" Rainbow asked.

"Well, I guess I could give it a shot..."

While Applejack was over there, she noticed a big brown object hidden between two bales of hay. She wondered what it was, and why it was there, but suddenly, something clicked in her brain, and she remembered what this hidden object was. She looked back at the three pegasi. Derpy was talking, with Dash and Fluttershy laughing along to her words. She was deciding something in her head.

Hm...it would make this night a lot more, interesting... She smirked and reached behind the hay to garb the item.

"You really did that?! I thought that was somepony else!"

"No...that was me...and, well...I was very flustered and embarrassed..." Derpy turned her head.

"I could see why..." Fluttershy said.

"Hey girls, I have a little surprise for ya'." Applejack said from the other side of the barn.

"Oh yeah? And what surprise would that be?" Dash asked skeptically.

She suddenly pulled a medium sized barrel out of the hay. The three pegasi stared at it.

"What it is?" Derpy asked.

"This is a special barrel of mah family's famous apple cider." She said with pride.

"What's so special about it?" Dash asked, crossing her hooves.

"Well, ah remember this cider having a special ingredient in it that gave it a certain...added kick to it. I can't remember why ah put it here. but...maybe it was for this reason, to share with mah friends!" She said with a smile.

"Oh...well, that's nice Applejack." Fluttershy said.

"Yeah. I agree. Thanks AJ." Rainbow said.

"No problem. Now, where are those mugs..." She rummaged around in the hay in search for the missing mugs. She remembered putting them with the barrel, but she couldn't find them. "Ah, here we are!" She pulled out four small mugs and set one of them in front of each of them. "Alright, let's have a drink, shall we?" She asked with a smile. She opened the top of the barrel, and they were immediately greeted with a very strong scent.

"Whoa...that smelled pretty strong..." Dash stated.

"Yeah. That's how we make it in the Apple Family." She dipped her cup in, getting her mug full of the strong liquid. "Come on now, don't be shy." She encouraged them.

They each looked ay each other, shrugged, and did the same thing. Fluttershy looked down into the mug full of dark liquid.

"Okay everypony, cheers!" They clanked their cups together, and took a drink at the exact same time. Dash, Derpy and Fluttershy coughed, for the liquid was just as strong as it smelled. After they regained their composure, looked at each other.

"Well, what did you think?" Applejack asked, optimistic for their answers.

"Well...it was pretty dang strong, that's for sure...whoo..." Dash shook her head.

"Yeah, and it had a pretty funky taste to it..." Fluttershy said.

Oh pony feathers! They don't like it! Applejack thought.

A smile grew on each of their faces.

"I really liked it!" Dash exclaimed.

"Me too!" Derpy agreed.

"Yeah...it mat ne strong but...I enjoyed the taste very much." Fluttershy said with a smile, and surprisingly, she was the first one to take another drink.

"Mmm...delicious." She chuckled. Dash and Derpy did the same. Applejack watched as the three Pegasus downed their first mug of cider, smiling from their reactions. What they didn't know was that this "secret ingredient" would the cause for some crazy stories later in the night, but Applejack knew that, and she had a feeling that she would be the only sober one at the end of the night.