The Origins of an Apple's Blossem

"What?!" all three fillies -chief among them Apple Bloom- shouted after the bombshell was dropped.

Apple Bloom was shocked: AppleJack and Big Mac wern't her brother and sister, but her mom and dad?! Then an idea came to her, and she started laughing as the obvious answer came to mind.

They were pulling a joke on her!

"Heh, good joke guys, ya got me good! But really, what's the real big secret ya wanted to tell me?" she said jovialy, trying to get them to break the act and get on with it.

After noticing their serious expressions hadn't changed at all once she called them out, her own seriousness came back - her fake happiness once again fading to uncertainty. "Uh guys?"

Applejack and Big Mac looked away from her and took a sudden interest in the wooden floor, and that's all Apple Bloom needed to see.

"Omigosh, yer tellin' the truth, ain't ya?" Apple Bloom asked, a lead weight seeming to drop into the bottom of her stomach.

Both nodded.

"So...A-Ahm really yer d-aughter?" Applebloom asked with a slight tremble in her voice. Another nod from both.

"Yes sweet-pea. Yer our daughter." Applejack responded, walking over and putting a hoof on her little filly's head, so happy to finally say those words to her. So glad to finally get the pressure off her chest after twelve long years of keeping it in.

Applejack flopped onto her rear as she struggled to accept that, the gears in her mind grinding together. So Applejack and Big Mac weren't only her brother and sister, but her mom and dad too? So all those years of Applejack being her protective sister, being overly protective even at times... that was just a mother's instinct to protect her young? And when she'd been talking to that cute little colt at school and Big Mac had scared him away...everything was fitting into place now...

"So..." Apple Bloom turned to her mother, "Applejack yer my mom?" Applejack asked once again, only to be wrapped in a tight hug by her.

"Yes Sugarcube. Ah am." Applejack said, a tear rolling down her cheek at the admission, hearing her daughter call her Mom for the first time ever after hiding the fact for over twelve years from her. So long she'd only been a sister but now...now she felt like a mother to her. Now she held her little filly close as though it were the first time, holding her tightly as a mother should, squeezing her foal to her chest like she'd always wanted to but had always been afraid to. "Ahm yer mama, mah li'l' filly..."

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Big Mac just sat there watching as he watched his sister – and secretly more – hugging, smiling widely in a manner most uncharacteristic of him. He then stood and walked over to his mare and daughter, his two sisters, and wrapped both in a large hug of his own. He felt the unusual sensation of wetness rolling down down his cheeks as he heard Apple Bloom ask "Daddy?", squeezing Applejack and Apple Bloom in a tighter hug until he felt them pushing against him to let go, not hearing breathing anymore. Oops, too tight.

As he let go and heard a chain of heavy breathing from both as he let go, he give a soft blush, having squeezed a bit too tight and cutting off their breathing for a moment. After getting a brief muzzle scrunch from Applejack, Big Mac booped her on the muzzle, getting a light chuckle from her.

Applejack meanwhile simply sat there with her cheeks wet as the situation still dawned on her; "So, Ah have two mommies, two daddies, plus a brother and sister? Ahm the luckiest filly ever!" she suddenly exclaimed, getting up and bouncing around as though she'd finally gotten her cutie mark. Suddenly she stopped and turned to Applejack and Big Mac."But how'd it happen?" she asked suddenly, throwing the two off-kilter.

"Huh?" Applejack and Big Mac asked synchronistically.

"How did Ah come to be?" Apple Bloom asked, ever the curious filly.

"Well, uh.... Y' see, it was mah first heat..." Applejack started, sitting down and pulling Applejack close to her in another hug. The two other fillies in the room had been long forgotten but were totally awestruck by the revelation, their jaws hanging low as Applejack and Big Mac then started recounting the day of her conception to Applebloom – and spared no details.