Rainbow got up the next morning, fresh and felt she could conquer the day, or better find Applejack. She thanked Uncle and Auntie Orange for their hospitality and flew off.
She took the train partly to Fillydelphia but had to fly the rest of the way when it broke down midway. Auntie gave Dash a picture of Applejack to help her in her search. She ate lunch as soon as she landed and headed over to the biggest apple orchard on the outskirts of the city. Auntie Applerose, whose son ran the farm, insisted that Dash eat lunch again before leaving the farm. Dash had to fly low due to the over bulge in her stomach.

Dash walked around the city showing the picture and asking about whereabouts but it was frustrating that she was either ignored or came up empty handed. Applerose’s son suggested Hoofington and Appaloosa as her next best choices.

Five days went by as Dash approached Appaloosa by train. She made sure to send Braeburn a message by telegram so that he can start looking around for her. Hoofington was no good because when she arrived Applejack’s cousins weren’t even at home. So she walked an entire city for a day and a half looking for Applejack by herself. As the train whistle blew, and the announcer bellowed ‘APPLEOOSA’ she zoomed out of the train. She knew Braeburn was Applejack’s cousin and he would go nuts if he knew she was missing. Sure enough, Braeburn was waiting for her looking panicky.

“Did you find her? Did you find Applejack?!”

“Ah raised the alarm all over Appleoosa but nopony said they saw her.”

Dash dropped to her haunches. It’s been almost a week now and she was not getting anywhere. Where did Applejack go to? Is she alright? If anything bad happens it’s her fault! Braeburn patted Dash’s shoulder.

“’Tis gonna be okay. Applejack is a very strong mare. Stronger than she looks.”

Suddenly a carriage stopped pulled by four stallions. They dismounted.

“Awwww wow! Didja see the show las’ night?! I tellin’ yer that place is rockin’!” the first stallion said.

“Yer’ve been goin’ on ‘bout that place fer the whole ride Gunsmoke. We know. We were there too.” The second said in frustration.

“But, but that Applejewel! Awwww she’s just…. MMMM…. That body! Damn if I could jes’ get a chance….”

“Yer ain’t never getting’ a chance! She wants a pony, not a jackass!”

"FUCK Y'ALL!" The other stallions guffawed and Gunsmoke trotted off in anger.

“What are they talking about?” Dash asked Braeburn.

“There’s a new place, sumthin’ fierce, over at Dodge Junction, I heard e’rypony’s rantin’ about. It’s got new drinks and a show that blows e’rypony’s minds away. Ah never went.”

“I gotta keep lookin’ Braeburn so I can’t stay. I’m going to go back to Ponyville to see if anypony heard from her.”

“You take care o’ yerself, yer hear? If ah hear anything I’ll let yer know right away!”

“Thanks Braeburn!” and with that Dash flew off.

Over the next week, the Bloody Duchess’ popularity steadily rose. Not only because of the amazing new brews, but because of the sexy dancing spectacles to see while enjoying it. Ponies from the neighboring towns began flocking almost every night to taste the new drinks and see ‘Applejewel’ and ‘Mint Flavor’ perform. Applejack and Minty upgraded their performances to include a duo. Their sensual acts became so dynamic and new that rumors of the club were spreading rapidly all over Equestria. In the dusty earth pony town, the streets were now recently bustling with unicorns looking for a good time.
The saloon which only caters to hold one hundred and fifty patrons was now bursting with over two hundred each night. Cherry had to hire five bouncers to cope with the crowd.

Applejack had well adjusted to her new job and the pay for just a two nights was more than the cost of Dash’s engagement ring. Cherry had treated Applejack and Minty to the spa to freshen their looks and had cherry-embellishments and glow in the dark fringes added to their hats and nightly wear. Applejack stayed with Cherry for two days then she found a nice little apartment in the now bustling country hub. Cherry wasn’t kidding when she said that the pay was better than the orchards. The club was almost full and the atmosphere was brimming with heightened exuberance of dance hits and the blood-colored cocktails. The three mares were busy serving at the bar while patrons were increasingly coming in.

“What can ah git yer, Buckwheat?” Applejack bellowed over the counter to the stallion who comes almost every night.

“Do yer legs hurt from runnin’ through mah dreams every night?!”

“No, they hurt from dodgin’ corny lines like that all night,” Applejack retorted, “what’s yer order?”

“A Red Wings.” Buckwheat said disappointed once again.

Applejack wasted no time in mixing up Buckwheat’s order. Then she noticed beyond the din of the crowd another flock of pegasi coming in. She didn’t recognize any of them.

“There’s a lot of pegasi here tonight! That’s the third flock!” she said to Cherry.

“Ah heard that the rumors have spread all the way to Las Pegasus and has recently reached Cloudsdale!” Cherry explained.

Applejack felt a tight knot as she thought of Dash. Then two pegasi squeezed their way up to the counter.

“We heard this place… Wow! You are one beautiful mare!”

“Yer were sayin’?” Applejack cued after a few seconds to snap the pegasus mare out from her ogling stupor.

“Um…yes… we heard that this place is fucking rave! I can see why! You got a drinks menu?”

Applejack pointed upward to a large board that had the list of drinks.

“Okay. First I wanna… pop yer cherry then have two dirty hard ruts on the counter, two bloody screaming orgasms and…. what?!”
the mare asked Buckwheat who was spurting his drink through his nose and snorting. He shook his head “Nothin’.”

“Yer wanna finish that off with a cherry creampie? They’re complimentary.” said Applejack straightfaced while whipping up the mixtures. She placed them on a tray and handed it over to the mare. The mare attentively watching Applejack gave the bits worth and walked away. Only then Applejack thought ‘she looks a bit familiar. Where have Ah seen her before?’

The night went on with the DJ pumping up the music to the latest rave hits.

“Y’ALL READY FER THIS?!” the DJ bellowed over the mic.

“YEAH!” screamed the usual customers. The newcomers, the unicorns and pegasi, didn’t know what to expect and they looked surprised at the crowd’s enthusiasm but they joined in.

“I SAID ARE Y’ALL READY FER THIS?!”

“HELL YEEAAAAAH!"

“Then say the code word APPLEMIIIIIINT!”

“APPLEMINT! APPLEMINT! APPLEMINT! APPLEMINT! APPLEMINT!!!”

The DJ began a new hit remix and the two barmaids then hopped onto the counter and began their sultry dances. Applejack and Minty coordinated themselves to move naturally in sync with the music, dancing on the poles. They gyrated their flanks and did some vividly stimulating moves solo and with one another. Then Minty suddenly picked up and poured a cocktail over Applejack’s neck and chest. Applejack wasn’t sure what Minty was doing, this wasn’t part of the act but she had to play along. Soon she felt a wet slick coming up along the center of her chest and right up to the tip of her neck. Minty had licked the cocktail right off her. She felt a shiver of excitement emanating throughout her body. She forgot where she was for a moment and gave a throaty, sexy moan with her tongue licking her lips. The crowd suddenly burst out “WHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!” with thunderous hoof claps drowning the music. The pegasi newcomers, male and female, all had their wings up very rigid. Those who were up in the air had to come down. The stallion patrons became quite uncomfortable looking at their underbellies for some reason.

The act went on for two songs. Then they hopped off to resume their work. Then suddenly they had to deal with a mob who wanted to buy double the drinks just to get closer. Applejack could hear Buckwheat crying, “Hey!!! I saw her first! Gerroff!!!!”

Cherry was shocked. That night they made so much money that Applejack made four times the amount she would normally earn. She had, in over a week, made her salary at Sweet Apple Acres in one year. Cherry gave Applejack and Minty the biggest bear hug and congratulated them on helping her place rise.

Applejack had well made her name. She had gained a lot of admirers. ‘Too many fer mah own good!’ she thought. Stallions and mares kept asking her for her address. Cherry made sure to protect her. Every time somepony got too friendly, the bouncers stepped in to take over the situation. The evening just started and the crowd wasn’t all that bad yet. The three mares were setting up the bar, getting ready for the night.

“Yer okay Applejack?”

“Yeah Ms. Jubilee, why?”

“Just makin’ sure that all ‘this’ isn’t becoming too much fer ya, seeing what yer going through an’ all.”

“I was jus’ thinkin’ since this place has gotten so popular, what if mah ex walks in? I dunno how ah’ll handle that.”

“Yer dun have to. Ah’ll set mah bouncers on ‘em… that is if yer want that.”

Applejack chuckled, “Thanks Ms. Jubilee.”

“Yer know, ah’ve been thinkin’ Applejack, that your ex didn’t appreciate what she had an’ yer such a beautiful mare in an’ out. Someponies go through that but it doesn’t make ‘em bad. They just forgot. Sometimes they gotta see what they took fer granted… an’ ah still see that there's love there.”

Applejack had a sad smile.

Cherry continued, “Do yer know why I gave yer this job?”

Applejack looked confused, “Why?”

“It’s tuh git yer mind off things. Not to wallow is self-pity and hate yerself fer not being enough. Tuh see a new perspective of how yer life has been, how beautiful yer are how dynamic yer can be and maybe somepony new who can see all the beautiful things about yer might come along. As far as ah can see…. It’s workin’.” Cherry said with a smile, “…an’ yer know what Applejack? Ah want that ex of yers tuh walk in here! See what she’s lost!”

Applejack also smiled and shook her head.

“It’s openin’ time!” Minty alerted.

Buckwheat as usual was one of first patrons to come in.

“What’s the order?” Applejack asked much deadpanned. She knew what was coming.

“Do yer have a map? Ah’m gettin' lost in yer eyes.” Buckwheat said fluttery.

“Sorry, no map. So why don’t yer just get lost?” Minty and Cherry burst out laughing at Applejack’s retort.

“A beer please.” Buckwheat couldn’t help but chuckle as well.

Then Applejack saw the same pegasus mare from the previous night walk in and sat down a seat away from Buckwheat. ‘She does look familiar’ Applejack thought again.

“Howdy! Yer the same mare from las’ night. Yer here early….”

“Yeah. I really enjoyed myself. Just thought I’d come again since I’m in town.”

“Oh? What can ah git yer?”

“I really liked that Pop yer Cherry.” The mare said. Applejack whipped up the drink and passed it over. Applejack waited for the mare to pass the bits but she didn’t.

“Thirty five bits.” Applejack said.

“Sorry, but you owe me a drink.”

“Why?”

“Because when I looked at you last night, I dropped mine.”

“That…. is so corny!” Applejack said but she laughed. The mare laughed too. She thought it was way worse than Buckwheat’s but she couldn’t think of a comeback. And this mare reminded her a lot of Dash.

“I’m Lightning Dust. Came all the way from Las Pegasus.” she said smiling and finally passing over the bits.

Applejack thought of Cherry’s words earlier. “Applejewel.” she said.

“Is that your real name?” Lightning said sipping her drink. Applejack sucked at lying so she didn’t answer but simply looked teasingly at Lightning. Soon more customers need her attention. Buckwheat looked at Lightning with much rivalry and jealousy. The night went on but Lightning didn’t leave her place except to go to the bathroom but kept ordering with Applejewel as her preferred server. During the heightened performance of the Applemint duo, Lightning kept her eyes on Applejack, with a wing boner she couldn’t keep under control. Buckwheat found this annoying as her feathers were touching his cheek.

Applejack hopped down panting. She picked up her water bottle and downed the fluid, while the influx at the counter was building up.

“That was alright.” Lightning said looking unfazed.

“Alright? Just Alright?” Applejack said with a raised brow, “yer wings seem tuh say otherwise.”

“Just a normal thing for pegasi. But I thought it was alright.”

“Ah work mah flanks off tuh pull those moves off! Everypony else thinks it’s great!”

“Well maybe I’m just gonna have to see it again. Maybe I can give a better opinion then. How about I come by during the day? And I bet 20 bits you're gonna turn me down on that.”

“Well ah say you come by tomorrow an’ ah’ll show yer!” Applejack said with her competitiveness kicking in.

“Fine. I’ll come by then.” Lightning said smiling and sipping her drink once again. Applejack walked off to the next customer.

“Smooth...” Minty whispered to her and gave Lightning a high hoof.

Author's Note

I’m glad my mother tongue is E. Creole.
I think, for me, writing Applejack’s lines are super easy.