Somethin' Ain't Right

So here she was, in a chair, in a dirty room, with royal guards surrounding her, and chained to a chair, a very uncomfortable one. 'If Big Mac was here he'd be surprised.' she thought as she waited. As time the guard to her right was looking at her, he seemed a bit nervous, taking slight peeks like he wanted to say something but didn't know how to put it into words.

"Stand sharp private, don't be distracted by its looks." the guard to her left said as the huge door in front of her opened.

Princess Luna came in with a blank face, Applejack couldn't get a bead on her, "You are relieved Royal guard, I would like to have a word alone with Miss Applejack." The guards bowed, left the room and closed the door. The Princess of the night just looked at her, staring in her eyes, Applejack felt as if she was staring directly into her soul but she couldn't look away either, then a smile broke onto the princesses face, "I'm glad to see you are the real Applejack, if you weren't I would have had to persuade you." she said as her magic took the chains off.

"Thank you Princess Luna, I thought I was in one heck of a mess. What made you come down here and and get me?" Applejack asked as she stretched a bit.

"Spike has his ways of persuasion, we should go to the main hall, the others are waiting." she said as she turned and left the room as Applejack followed.

In another part of the castle there was Spike, sitting at a grand table as his friends were about in their own business. Twilight still berating Shining, Rainbow nodding off in the corner, Rarity hassling Princess Celestia over her dress, Fluttershy was looking outside the window at all the birds flying by, and Pinkie..was pulling donuts out of her hair as her entire body shook 'A doozy?' he thought. He sighed til the door to the hall was opened and Luna came in followed by a nervous looking Applejack, he smiled as he saw her and got up to go to her when Celestia touched his shoulder. As bad as he wanted to go to her he sat down.

Celestia took the seat next to him and said, "Now, Applejack, I believe you have some explaining to do." she said with no tone audible in her voice.

"Yea well I guess I do don't I?" she said as she took a seat, she hated all of the eyes on her, she could feel their curiosity. "Well, I should start from the beginning, I am an Apple, Big Mac, Applebloom, and me are brother and sister we just got different dads. Well, I do, Mac and Bloom have the same, his name was Stock Bond, he was Manehattan, a rich man who fell for the farmer girl, and they had Big Macintosh and got married. They started having problems in the marriage so they got a divorce. Then one day my mom was making a delivery to another town and got attacked by some wild animals, she was saved by a changeling, he didn't have a name so she named him Charlie. They had built a friendship, he would disguise himself as a stallion and they would go about things and have fun. Well, one day my ma grew feelings for him, they dated for 2 and half years before she got pregnant with me. They panicked, a half changeling pony child wasn't exactly gonna fit in, my dad couldn't take me with him, something about a Queen not liking it so I stayed with my ma. They called it quits when I turned 2 and got back with Stock Bond and out came Applebloom." she looked down and said, "Most of my family hasn't heard that story, only the ones on Sweet Apple Acres know it." she said as she looked up at them, "This ain't even what I really look like."

She let them see her, as she was born, her disguise fell as the entirety of her right eye turned fully blue yet reflection-less, the left side of her face turned black as a horn grew on her forehead, her rolled up sleeves showed her black right arm with holes scattered upon it, and her hair, parts of it turned black as well and more holes appeared in it, making it look as if someone cut into it randomly . "The rest of it is covered, and I ain't gonna show it neither." she gave a nervous smile, showing off her fangs. "My Pa actually does come around, every week or so, he taught me how to disguise myself, last time I saw him was about a month ago."

The room was silent, even the princesses were quiet, The Elements of Harmony were all perplexed at the change in their 'new friend'. For Spike, Part of it hurt, he wanted to be angry, to be mad at this, at the last year and a half of being with her, Until he looked at her, he saw her as she was naturally, no matter how hard he wanted to be mad he couldn't, this was still Applejack, Element of Honesty, one of his best friends, and the love of his life. He got up and went to her, the others looked on but, he didn't care.

"Applejack started, "Spike, I know this is shocking and all but, I know what I am, and I accept it, I hope you...." she was cut off with a kiss, the best one she ever had, she couldn't deny she felt the love but she didn't care.