David

David stood there at the entrance to the large farm, a sign above his head held the symbol of a golden apple as it swayed in a slight breeze. He dropped the leaf he had been holding next to his ear before proceeding down the path. It seems I have company incoming. he thought. Oh well, I should get done with time to spare.

As he approached the farm house, he noticed a thumping sound coming from deeper in the orchard. After a quick turn of the head he discovered the culprit to be a rather large, red, stallion bucking away at a large apple tree. Oh, Bic Mac! He examined the stallion for a second before a large smile graced his face. Yes, I’m bigger! Now I just need to see whether I’m larger than HIM.

While He was distracted by his monologue, Big Mac had turned to see David giving a small hoof pump of victory before making his way over. When David saw this he straightened up and prepared to meet the stallion.

“Hello sir,” He said waving a hoof, “Might you be the one in charge of this fine establishment?”

Big Mac simply gave a slight shake of his head and an “Ehnope” in response, slightly put off by the sight of a stallion larger than himself.

“Ah, I see, then where might that pony be?” David said, His friendly expression never changing.

The large stallion simply nodded in the direction of a barn located slightly behind the main farm house.

“Thank you kind sir” Said David, giving a small bow. “I shall be on my way.” With that, David turned and made his way to the barn. Leaving the quiet stallion to his work and few errant thoughts, one of them
being: He seems nice.

The Barn

As David entered the barn he caught sight of a rather muscular, orange, mare. She was staking crates of what appeared to be apples while remaining completely oblivious to his presence.

Not wanting to starrtle the poor mare, he brought his hoof to his muzzle while clearing his throat.

“Hey Mac, can you come here for a sec? I could use some help with-” The mare started in her thick southern accent, thinking the one behind her to be her brother before turning to see the one actually waiting there in the door way.

She was surprised by the large stallion at first, as well as slightly enamored by his physique, until he bowed to her and broke the silence

“Hello miss, I have heard that the best apples in Equestria reside right here at sweat apple acres. I promised myself that, should I ever get the chance, I would try some for myself. Seeing as how I’m here now, it seems I will not have to break that promise.”

She was surprised by his politeness, and figured him to be one of those posh types her friend Rarity might like. She was, however, excited at his interest in her family’s apples.

“Never had our apples?! Well shoot, that just t’aint right.” She said as the stallion approached. She turned to the crates to grab an apple for the stallion to try, but immediately stopped when she saw one of the above crates begin to tip. She flinched knowing she couldn’t get out in time, and just sat there with her eyes closed prepared for the worst.

Strangely though, it never came. She opened her eyes and looked up surprised to find this new stallion holding them in place with little to no effort at all. She was astonished at his strength, not expecting such a feet to be possible from anything less than a body builder, and especially not from a unicorn. She sat there staring in awe before her cheeks gained a tinge of red when she realized she had a really good view of his chest, stomach, and legs. She watched as the muscles rippled ever so slightly under his coat flexing with the slight strain the crate was providing. It was only when he looked down at her that she noticed she was staring and averted her gaze. Though, she did notice the slight trickle of something down her back leg however…

“Are you alright milady?” He said, pushing the crate back into place

“Uh… Er… Yeah, thanks stranger.” She said, holding out a hoof which he graciously took before giving a simple “Don’t mention it.”
She was still a bit awestruck by the large stallion so she wasn’t focused enough to give him her usual hoof shake, but after a bit more staring and her again averting her gaze, she then perked up when she remembered what she was doing as well as the fact that she hadn’t given him her name.

“Oh! Uh… By the way… The names Apple Jack!” she said, a large smile gracing her features as she sat on her haunches and scratched the back of her head with her remaining hoof.

He smiled as well and nodded before replying. “Well it’s very nice to meet you miss Apple Jack! Now, back to the topic at hand…” They broke the shake as he finished his statement, Apple Jack once again turning around to grab an apple, this time being careful not to disturb the higher crates. When she had her prize, she turned back to the stallion hoofing him a large red apple. “Here you go partner, one apple straight from sweet apple acres. Consider it thanks for saving me back there.” He took the apple and nodded with a “thanks” before taking the apple into his hoof and bringing it to his muzzle for the first bite.

As his teeth sank in and the apple juices met his tongue, his eyes widened (well not really, but you get the idea) in wonder at the magnificent flavor produced by this apple, a flavor he would never be able to find back on earth.

“Apple Jack, these apples are amazing!” he said, before taking another bite.

“Awe shucks, they aint that special.” She replied, her blush returning with a vengeance as she began to scratch her head again in embarrassment.

“No, Apple Jack, you don’t understand-” He said, grabbing her forelegs and bringing her face to his, there muzzles mere centimeters apart “-your apples are-” he got a bit closer and opened his eyes looking deep into hers. “Amazing.”

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He had expected many things to happen at this point. He expected her to do the same as Rainbow Dash and get flustered. He expected her to push him away and try to shrug it off. Hell, he even thought there was a chance that she might try to lean in for a kiss, one that he would turn away from and play off as if it didn’t happen. He did not, however, expect her to fall to the ground in a rather uncharacteristic blood curdling scream.

After she fell, she backed away as fast as she could in her prone position, never looking away from him, even after she hit the wall. She stared on in some unseen horror, confusing David to no end. After he went over what happened again in his head he realized what had caused her such duress. My eyes…

He brought his eyes back to their almost closed state, to which Apple Jack immediately responded by averting her gaze and curling into a fetal position. David was about to try and salvage the situation when he was interrupted by a flash of magic. When his vision cleared, he saw twilight standing there with a barrier around apple jack and herself. He knew that it was time for him to pull out (don’t make it dirty you sickos) but was distracted when he got hit over the head by a flying Pegasus. He looked around and took note of all of their positions before figuring out what was going on.

“Oh-my Ms. Sparkle, very well done, I must say I’m quite impressed with this plan you’ve come up with.” Rainbow Dash began to do fly by attacks that did little more than give him small bruises at most, “Knowing that I am a unicorn and can’t fly, you have used rainbow dash to out maneuver me and limit my movements.” He easily dodged the remainder of her attacks before he noticed her gaining some distance, he looked behind him with just enough time to side step the concentrated blast of confetti from the pink pony’s party canon. “Then, because it is impossible to fully understand Pinky’s ability to seemingly ignore the laws of physics, you are using her to support rainbow dash in drawing my attention by both confusing me and giving me a target that’s near impossible to hit.” At this point he was dodging some rubber throwing chickens as well as the occasional frying pan “Rarity will try to cause as much damage as she can while the other two make sure I can’t hit her.” He then began dodging the occasional magic bolt that was fired in his direction all the while dodging everything else coming his way. All of the ponies present were flabbergasted that he was not only dodging everything but doing it easily, he looked more like he was dancing then fighting “You will make sure Apple Jack is ok before taking action yourself, and Fluttershy-” He stopped as he saw Fluttershy, her eyes were focused solely on him and he felt her power begin to take hold. At first he was going to let himself lose, but he noticed that as his feelings began to be overwhelmed with guilt as he felt immense disappointment radiate off of Fluttershy, something began to push back. He felt his eyes try to force themselves open, all the while, he did his best to keep that from happening, for should she see his eyes, she would likely be scarred for life. At this point every pony had stopped, confident they had won, only to become extremely worried when a red and black mist began to rise off of his body as a very solemn expression took over his features, something Fluttershy had yet to notice.

“Fluttershy, stop.” He said, all the playfulness in his voice gone, becoming very dark and frightening.

“No, you hurt my friend!” She said, yelling as best she could with her meek voice, her stare intensifying, prompting him to try harder to keep his eyes closed.

“Fluttershy, please, you need to stop now! Besides, I didn’t hurt Apple Jack, she’s just incapacitated.” He said, talking a bit faster as he became more frantic to free himself.

“That’s still inexcusable! Whatever you did clearly had a negative effect on her, now what do you have to say for yourself!” She said, not letting up in the slightest.

At this point he was desperate, so he did the only thing he could do. In one swift movement, he brought up his right foreleg and “punched” the inside of the other effectively dislocating it, causing him to drop onto his face, giving a loud grunt of pain. This broke Fluttershy’s concentration causing her to flinch at the scene before her only to look on in surprise, along with every pony else, as he stood back up and reset the joint back into its socket. They all sat there staring at the hunched over stallion before he suddenly turned to twilight anger clear on his face.

“Twilight Sparkle! What in Celestia’s name do you think you’re doing!?” He said, every pony still too scared or confused to move.

“W-what do you-” she started, but was cut off as he again began to unleash his vocal rage.

“Do you have any idea what you could have done, what could have happened because of you!?” As he spoke, he began to get closer to her and her downed friend. When she noted this she immediately strengthened her barrier to maximum power. He responded by blasting it with a shot of magic destroying it instantly while he continued walking, not even putting a stutter in his step.

“You know full well that ‘The Stare’ Is NEVER supposed to be used on another sentient creature! And yet you had her do it anyway!” At this point, he had her on retreat trying her best to distance herself from him without looking away from him.

“B-but it was our only chance, a-and I didn’t think it would affect you that-” She hit the barn wall and stopped, he closed the distance easily forcing to look up at the most terrifying face she had seen since Celestia when she was angry.

“If that had been used on a lesser pony, they could have quite possibly lost their mind and been reduced to rocking back and forth in the corner of a padded cell saying ‘I’m sorry’ over and over again for the rest of their life. And even thought that didn’t happen to me, if I hadn’t done what I did, Fluttershy, your friend, would be in just as bad of a position, if not worse, than Apple Jack.” He stayed there looking down on the cowering pony for just a few more seconds before turning away and heading back to the center of the group he saw that they were all in rather bad shape after exerting themselves so much, even Pinky pie was sagging a bit. He gave a deep sigh before looking around to the gathered ponies.

“Well, I can’t say this is my ideal way to leave you all, but I guess it can’t be helped.” It was just then that Twilight realized what he was saying and began to sprint towards him. With one last “Ta-ta!” A black and red pool of darkness seemed to erupt out of the floor, and just before twilight could reach him, he stepped in and disappeared.

Author's Note

Hope you all enjoy!