That's The Night The Lights Went Out In Canterlot

“Ah’m shur his eyes’re still smartin’ from tha party cannon mishap, Pinkie,” Applejack told her sobbing pink friend. “Ah’m ‘fraid yer jus’ gonna have ta wait fer him ta git over it, ya know.”

“But it’s been like three hours, already!” Pinkie Pie wailed. “How long can somepony hold a grudge?” Applejack stared deadpan at her. “PLEASE!!” Pinkie pleaded.

“Awright,” Applejack said with a sigh. “Ah’ll go talk ta him.” Although, she knew it wasn’t going to do any good. Pinkie clearly went too far with her prank when the human got blasted in the face with all that confetti.

“I—I should come with you,” Pinkie begged. “You know, just in case he changes his mind!”

“Ah don’ think tha’s sucha gud idea, sugar cube,” Applejack gently replied. “Ya know how tha’ didn’ work out so well whenya went wi’ Fluttershy earlier. Ya jus’ stay here an’ let me talk wi’ him. Ah’ll let ya know ifn there’s any change.”

“Hiya, sugar cube,” Applejack softly called as she entered Reggie’s suite. “Real sorry ya got hurt ‘n all. Ah know yer probably wantin’ ta rest up, but since ya weren’t able ta stick around, thought maybe ya might wanna have somethin’ ta eat. Ah know whenevah ah get hurt, ah always heal up faster if’n ah got somethin’ ta eat before tryin’ ta rest up from it.”

The human responded with a questioning groan as he sat up from his fetal curled sleeping position.

“What’dja say?” the creature asked, finally waking up.

“Ah said Ah’m real sorry ‘bout wha’ happened back ata party,” she replied. “Whenevah ah get hurt, it’s best ta get somethin’ ta eat before going ta bed ta rest up from it. Ah brought along sum apple pies ‘n sum apple fritters fer ya.”

“Just so long as you didn’t bring any Pinkie Pie,” he said, cringing as he shifted to sit on the side of the bed.

“Nyah, no Pinkie Pie,” Applejack sighed. “Didn’t figure ya’d wanna see her so ah didn’t bring her along, but ouch, all th’ same.”

“Thanks for the food,” Reggie finally said. “And thanks for not bringing her.”

“Sure thing,” she responded. “Ah’ll jus’ set it up on th’ dinin’ table here.”

“Ehh, where’s that?” he asked, turning his head this way and that.

“Oh, over here, in th’ middle of th’ room,” she said. “Let me getit all setup here ‘n ah’ll guide ya.”

“Here ya go,” she said as she stepped up beside him. His hand brushed against her hat as he felt for her withers, and he snorted a laugh for a moment.

“Feelin’ better?” Applejack inquired. He bent down so he could put his mouth close to her ear.

“Rainbow Dash isn’t here, is she?” he whispered.

“Why? She do somethin’ ta ya, too?” she asked astonished.

“Nothing like that,” he said he said grinning. “I was messing with her head a little while ago when they came to bring me to the party.”

“Really? Whatja do?” Applejack eagerly asked, her eyes getting bigger.

“Well, I recall some of the stuff from last night’s dreamwalking with Luna,” he told her. “It’s not easy, but I made an effort to remember all your names with your coat and mane colors. Rarity had come in earlier, but I made the mistake of ID’ing her as the white unicorn. But while I was in the shower, Rainbow Dash had sneaked in and got her to cooperate with pranking me.

“Anyhow, I got her back by intentionally mixing up all your descriptions. I described Dash as the purple pegasus with the hat! And I described the pony with the blue coat and rainbow mane as being either Twilight Pie or Sparkle Pink. It was so cute the way she spassed out over it.”

Applejack roared with laughter.

“The unfortunate side of that, is I labeled the pink pony as you,” he admitted. “Sorry.”

“Ha! Ha! It’s okay,” Applejack said, laughing. “Ah’m not offended. That’s so funny! Ah’ll have ta find sum way of using that on ‘er! Tha’ Rainbow Dash shur isa hoot!” She guided him the rest of the way to the table so he could take his chair.

“It’s gud yer gettin’ yer sense of humor back,” Applejack said. “Ah’ll be shur ta tell Pinkie.”

“Please don’t!” Reggie angrily growled, suddenly serious. “I’m still furiously pissed at her. I’m probably going to be so for days if not weeks. Even though you guys assured me that you got all that shit out of my eyes, it still feels like something’s there. Every time I move my eyes or blink, it shoots a fresh load of needles into my skull! I’ve scratched my cornea once before years ago, so I know that this shit’s going to be hurting for days if not weeks. And I’m sure as hell not going to forgive her for shit while my eyes constantly feel like there’s sandpaper grinding on them!”

“Yeah, ah understand,” Applejack said, sighing. “Still, ah’m real sorry ‘bout that. Jus’ ta let ya know, Pinkie’s real sorry, too!”

“So I’ve been told,” Reggie said. “But as I told Fluttershy, your friend was totally irresponsible, to the point that she showed reckless disregard for injuries she could cause. I’m not normally one to hold grudges, but I can’t forgive her for that. At least, not yet.”

“Gotcha,” Applejack grimly acknowledged, knowing that Pinkie was going to restart the flood as soon as she heard. “Well, we’re still here fer ya.”

“Thanks,” Reggie said. “And thanks for the apple pies. These things are great!”

“Good ta hear, sugar cube,” she said, grinning. “Gladja liked ‘em.”

“’Fraid yer gonna hafta wait a bit longer fer him ta forgive ya, sugar cube,” she reported when she returned. Sure enough, the floodgates opened up. Applejack couldn’t tell which was worse, that or the wailing siren that accompanied it. She was only able to stand there for ten seconds before she turned and walked out, leaving Pinkie to be comforted by Fluttershy and Twilight.

Wandering about, she spied Rainbow Dash through a window as the blue pegasus hovered about looking over some of the statues in the Canterlot gardens, so she moseyed on out there herself. Quietly walking up beside Rainbow Dash, she stood there, staring at the same statue long enough to make sure Rainbow knew she was there. Then Applejack reached up and took off her hat and plopped it onto Rainbow Dash’s head.

“…” Rainbow reacted. “Th’ hay? What’s that for?”

“Ah’m jus’ tryin’ ta picture ya all purple,” she said, calmly looking at her pegasus friend. Rainbow Dash suddenly blushed so deeply her body did almost turn purple!

“Well, whadyaknow! It worked!” Applejack exclaimed, laughing, which only made Rainbow’s blush even deeper. “’N he’s right! Ya are so cute like that! Guess we can all say goo’-bye ta tha’ Sparkle Pink character tha’s been hoverin’ ‘bout here now tha’ yer lookin’ like that! Hee! Hee!”

“GYYYAAAHHH!” Rainbow angrily screamed and leapt.