Apple in Wonderland
The Pink Hatter
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The creature grew closer. She could see it now. It had the head of one of Rainbow Dash's old friends Gilda while the body was large, white and covered in black spots. "What are you doing stupid mare!?" shouted Maliump Belle. The creature was just about to reach her when Maliump Belle jumped on top of the creature and use a small pin she had on her dress to stab the creatures eye and pull it out of the socket. Applejack wanted to Hurl. "Run stupid girl!" shouted Maliump Belle. So Applejack did. Deep into the dark forest until she was certain that she lost them but in the process she had also lost herself.
"Lost?" said a strangely familiar voice from one of the trees. "Rainbow Dash?" asked Applejack. She looked around but she couldn't find Rainbow Dash anywhere. "I'm not Rainbow Dash. I'm Cheshire Dash silly girl". Rainbow Dash appeared on the tree right in front of her. "Now, are you lost or what?".
Cheshire Dash looked basically the same to Rainbow Dash but instead of pony ears she had cat ears and her eyes had a long thin pupil instead of a round one. "Uhh ah am lost ah think", said Applejack. "You can't think you're lost silly filly. You either know where you are or you don't. So which is it?". "Ah am", said Applejack sadly. "I just wanted to keep walking to find the Celestia in this world so she could ask her to make this weird dream end". Cheshire Dash stared at Applejack, "I'll take you to the Pink Hatter and her two friends, The Mac Hare and Maliump Belle. She'll know what to do with you".
After a small walk they reached a windmill. Beneath the windmill was a table covered in all manner of tea cups and tea pots. Sitting at the table was Big Mac with ears of a hare, Maliump Belle and Pinkie Pie wearing a strange hat with the number ten on it and peacock feathers. Applejack assumed this creature to be The Pink Hatter. As soon as Applejack stepped into view the laughing coming from the table suddenly stopped. The Pinkie Hatter stood up and stared at her. "Applejack!! You're back!" she said with the biggest smile that Applejack would have ever seen on Pinkie. If she was Pinkie that is.
"Calm down Hatter. She's the wrong Applejack" said Maliump Belle but despite the fact that she said that the Pink Hatter kept on smiling at Applejack. "She is the right Applejack. I would remember her anywhere"! Pinkie's smile kept on growing and growing until it went from one ear to the other. "But Hatter Twabslem said that she was not hardly Applejack and Twabslam knows everything!"
Applejack grew more confused by the second. How could she be the wrong Applejack? Where was she? How did she get here? And what happened to her friends?!
Applejack opened her mouth to speak then she heard a howl come from the woods were she emerged only a few seconds ago. As soon as the tiniest bit of red came into sight The Mac Hare jumped up from his seat, onto the the table and hid behind Cheshire Dash. "I'm out of here!" Cheshire Dash said before disappearing out of sight.
"Drink this" The Pink Hatter said, while shoving the same liquid that made her small down her throat and shoving her into a teapot!
"Let me out o' here!" shouted the tiny mare. She was now only the size of a salt shaker and she felt really sick. Not only because of her size but the smell of curdled milk and old ground up tea leaves was so intense that she had to force herself not to vomit.
The howl repeated as she heard footsteps not unlike a horse's but also like a dog's small pita-patter. The sound was creeping around below the table. "You're late for tea!" yelled The Mac Hare, follow by the sound of a shattering tea cup. Suddenly the teapot was nudged and Applejack was shaken from side to side. Her skull cracked against the china and she lost her balance, collapsing into a heap on the bottom of the teapot. Her vision started swimming in and out of focus but she stopped just before she heard The Pink Hatter whisper to the dog, "Down with stupid crystal flank". Then the dog barked again and ran off in a different direction. The Hatter finally let her out of that teapot prison and back into the strange world she was yet to find a name for.
Applejack looked at Hatter, only to see a crazed look in her eyes that scared her as much as it seemed normal. "I'm going to take you to the White Cheer Queen" said the Pink Hatter, placing her hat on the table and picking up Applejack to place her on it. After doing so she began to walk through the forest. The Hatter's smile still remained while walking half way through the forest until they reached a clearing and her smile faded into a dark look of horror. Her hair flattened a bit, she took her hat off and looked down at Applejack her hair flattening a bit by bit until it was completely flat. The look remained as she turned to leave, forgetting completely about Applejack.
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