Happy Birthday Applejack

Applejack

…awoke that morning to the sound of Apple Bloom singing.

“It’s big sis’s birthday! Hip hip hooray! There is going to be a party! This afternoon today!”

Applejack on the other hand was not feeling all that joyous. All through he night, the only thing she could think about was Seaweed. “Was she real or am I really going crazy?” She stared down at her boots. They were shining in the morning sun. “No, these boots are proof that I am not crazy. I found these boots for a reason. I need to find that path in the sky.”

She put her hat on and went down stairs. On the kitchen table there was a hot breakfast. She ate some toast and some oatmeal then headed out. She ran to the pond where she found Seaweed. Knowing that the boots’ magic would allow she to breath under water, she dived in without a moment to spare. She swam around the bottom of the pond looking here and there for Seaweed. But she was nowhere to be seen. Applejack swam back to the surface, then too the shore.

“Where could that little guy gone? She is a fish, it is not like she could walk on land.” She walked over to a stump and sat down. “How am I going to find that path?” She sat backed and looked towards the Everfree forest. At the edge of the forest, she saw a rainbow. “Rainbow Dash! She can search the sky for me.” She ran over to the rainbow, calling out to Rainbow Dash, but there was no answer.

“If Rainbow Dash didn’t make this rainbow, who did?” she wondered. “Wait a second, path in the sky! It was a rainbow that led me home when I was a filly. At that time I was trying to find my cutie mark and the rainbow lead me to it. Could this rainbow lead me to what I lost?” She looked behind her, “This better not take too long, Pinkie Pie would be pretty cross if I missed the big party.”

Then with a huge leap (and aid from the magical boots), Applejack jumped way up into the air towards the direction of the rainbow. She jumped about a hundred yards then landed in the middle of the Everfree forest. Then she jumped again. And again. In and out of the forest, she jumped, following the rainbow. She kept jumping and jumping to the point where she no longer landed in the forest but in a meadow instead.

“I don’t think anypony has ever been able to get to this side of the Everfree forest.”

She continued to jump in the direction of the rainbow. Jumping in the meadow was easier then jumping in the forest. She jumped and jumped. She jumped over a lake and a herd of deer. She jumped over two other forests. She jumped over a train and she jumped over a small mountain. She jumped over a village that looked similar to Ponyville, but she did not stopped because the rainbow was the only thing on her mind. She jumped over another forest and another meadow and several other lakes and ponds. She jumped and jumped and at one point she noticed that her surroundings were no longer green and lush but instead they were dead and dry.

“I don’t think I am in Equestria anymore.”

She continued to jump then she suddenly stopped when she noticed that the rainbow bent down into a cave on a cliff. Applejack jumped up to the entrance and cautiously stuck her head in the opening.

“Hello, is anypony there. Hello! Rainbow Dash! Anypony!”

She walked in slowing, still following the rainbow that was floating on the ceiling. The rainbow gave off a glow that made it possible for Applejack to see. She walked until she notice that the cave opened up into a larger cavern. In the middle of the cavern was a grassy green hill with about a hundred trees. On all of the tree were golden apples. Light was coming in from a big opening in the ceiling, shining on the apples, and making them glitter. The rainbow that Applejack was following also happened to vanish. Applejack didn’t notice anything else in the room because she eyes were fixed on the apples. She approach one of the trees and reached out to try and pick one but a voice behind she said…

“Hiss, don’t touch the apples.” Applejack turned around to see a figure lurking in the shadows. She could only make out his outline. “Don’t touch the apples or else he will get you.”

“Who will get me?”

“The Pale Pony!”

“Who is the Pale Pony? And why are you hiding in the shadows?”

The figure emerged from the shadows. It was a pony, who was as big as Big Mac. He had a dark red coat with a light red mane. His mane was very messy and over grown.

“Hello Applejack. I’m sorry you had to see me like this.”

“Wait, how do you know my name? And who are you?”

“My name is Keepsake, I am the keeper of this apple orchid.”

Applejack face showed shock. She couldn’t believe who it was standing in front of her.

“Pa, is that really you?”

To be continued