Happy Birthday Applejack

Rainbow Dash

…though being noon time, was still sleeping. She slept on a little fluffy cloud over the streets of Ponyville. She was in a peaceful sleep then all of a sudden, something crashed into her. It was the mailpony Derpy who was caring a sack with today’s mail. During the crash, the sack ripped open and letters flew everywhere.

Pinkie Pie was joyfully trotting down the street, she was pulling a wagon full of party supplies. When she saw the letters fluttering in the wind, she stopped to admire them.

“Oh, it looks like it is raining letters. Darn, and I left my umbrella at home.” One of the letters landed at her feet, she squinted at it, “Wait a second, this letter looks familiar. OH-NO! These are invitations to Applejack’s party. ECK!” She ran around franticly trying to pick them all up.

Applejack happened to be walking down the street, she spotted the mess of letter and Pinkie Pie who was in a panic, “What’s with all the screaming?”

“Don’t look Applejack.” Pinkie Pie ran up to Applejack and tried to block her view of the letters, “It’s a surprise.”

“Oh…kay.” Applejack turned around and was about to walk off, but then she stopped and turned to Pinkie Pie and asked, “Do you know anything about magical boots?”

“Uh, no. Why do you ask?”

“I’m looking for a pair of magical boots.”

“You don’t say, what do they look like.”

“I have no clue.”

“What kind of magic can the boots do?”

“I have no clue.”

“Well, if you don’t know what they look like and you don’t know what they do, how will you know when you find them? Heck, anything could be your boots. Even these could be your boots.” Pinkie Pie held up a hoof full of letters. She then remembered the surprise party and quickly hid them behind her back.

“OK then, see you later Pinkie.” Applejack headed back to the farm. Pinkie Pie’s words repeating in her mind. Applejack felt sort of defeated. She was looking for something that maybe doesn’t even exist. “Maybe Twilight is right, maybe the magical boots was just a symbol.” But somewhere deep in Applejack’s heart she knew that wasn’t true. The boots just had to be real.

Applejack was in the orchard bucking apples. The sun was beginning to set and the sky turned into a bright orange color. Something about the setting sun made Applejack feel depressed. She sighed as she kick one of the apple trees.

All of a sudden, a little white rabbit ran past she feet. Applejack stood and stared as the rabbit ran off into the Everfree forest.

“Dumb bunny.” Said Applejack.

Then suddenly, Fluttershy appeared with a worried face. “Cottontail! Oh Cottontail! Where are you?” She looked like she was about to cry.

“Is Cottontail a little white bunny?” asked Applejack.

“Oh yes. Have you seen her?”

“Yeah, she ran into the Everfree forest.”

“Oh-no! Not in there! It’s getting dark and the forest is very scary at night.” Fluttershy was shaking like a leaf.

“I will go in and look for her. You can stay here.” Applejack dashed for the forest before Fluttershy could give her response.

Applejack ran through the Everfree forest, dodging branches and running around shrubs and rocks. She kept calling out to Cottonatail. But the white rabbit was nowhere to be found. Applejack continued to worry a bit which caused her to lose focus. She tripped over a rock and flew face first into a shrub. She landed hard on her back leg. Though it did not break, it was still in a good deal of pain. She stood up slowly and limbed over to a near by log. She rubbed her sore leg feeling bad that she maybe stuck in the Everfree Forest at night. At that moment she just felt horrible, she wanted to cry but she also wanted to be tough, so she didn’t. While she sat there moping, she heard a voice.

“To find the answers you need..”

“What? Who’s there?” Applejack head popped up and she looked around. She then spotted something off to her right. She got up and limped closer to get a better look. When she got close enough to see what it was she gasped. It was four golden boots set neatly on a stump. Each boot had a diamond symbol similar to Rarity’s cutie mark.

“Could these be the magical boots?” wondered Applejack. “Well, if they are just sitting here in the middle of no where. Finders keepers!” She snatched the boots and slipped them on her feet. They fit perfectly. She also noticed that her back leg no longer hurt. She took a few steps in the boots; it felt like she was walking on air. “These definitely are magical boots.”

There was suddenly a shaking in the bushes. With the boots, Applejack felt ready to face anything. But the creature that popped out of the bushes was not a monster. Instead, it was a little white rabbit.

“Cottontail! I guess these boots are also lucky.”

To be continued