The Inheritance

I woke up to Rarity telling me not to go to breakfast, but I got mail. I went downstairs and opened up my letter which read SWEETIE BELLE - CAROUSEL BOUTIQUE - CONTAINS PERSONAL INFORMATION. I opened it and pulled out a piece of paper. The top read Inheritance. I opened it

Dear Sweetie (Apple) Belle, (This rose red flags, Apple was not in my name.)

On the will of the following: Big Macintosh, Applejack and Granny Smith you were given the element of Honesty and the land of Sweet Apple Acres along with Apple Bloom. You are given this and are required to take it and follow these terms: Once sixteen stay on land as much as possible (School is out of question), No having any burden staying on the land (Any non Apple blood family members are strictly forbidden), no adults are to help (You are to become one with the land.) The government will be checking up on you and Apple Bloom's production throughout your lives, inability to follow these terms will end in corporal punishment. This is not optional it is mandatory, you are expected to start the day after/of the receiving of this letter.

From, The Canterlot Administration Office

"What!?" I screamed. I kept it out of Rarity's sight. "Wh-Why did this happen? Rarity, I need to go talk to somepony. I'll hopefully be back." I walked out. She looked at me like she saw a ghost. I ran to Sweet Apple Acres. I saw Apple Bloom crying on the ground. "Apple Bloom!" I yelled as I hugged her and started to cry. "What happened to them?"

"Ah just found them all last night, how did y'all know?" I showed her the note. She moved closer to me. "Y-you? Why?"

"I don't know." I said... "Who's will was I on and why was I there?"

"So where stuck together? That's better than alone Ah guess?"

"Where am I gonna sleep?" I asked Apple Bloom

"Ah will change to Big Mac's old room, you should take Applejack's." I nodded and went inside. I went in Applejack's old room and laid my head on her bed. Her hat was still here. I put it on, I looked in the mirror and decided to keep it.

Apple Bloom didn't even ask me about the hat in the morning, she made breakfast and we got straight to work. It was a Monday but we skipped school. We had to both get Apples nonstop, take care of all of the animals, take care of ourselves, and manage to reach a daily quota. Midway through the day a worried Rarity showed up. We managed to hide from her, surprisingly she didn't hear our heavy breathing. She went inside however and came out with two papers, the inheritance papers. She dropped them and ran out of Sweet Apple Acres, we got back to work.

She came back hours later, we had finished the quota and showered, it was around six at night. She knocked on the door. "Sweetie Belle? Apple Bloom? Are you here?" I went upstairs and Apple Bloom answered.

"Hey!" She said breathing heavily

"Sorry about your loss, where's Sweetie Belle? She ran out so quickly. I read those inheritance papers..." Rarity said.

"Belle! Come 'ere!" I heard Apple Bloom yell. I came downstairs, yawning. Saw Rarity and went to talk.

"Hi Rarity," I said, I was scared on what she would say.

"Do you two want help?" She said?

Before Apple Bloom could speak I pulled out one of the inheritance papers. I showed it to Rarity, I pointed out "No having any burden staying on the land (Any non Apple blood family members are strictly forbidden), no adults are to help (You are to become one with the land.)"

She looked sad as she walked away slowly. I felt bad, but didn't want to learn the meaning of corporal punishment either. Rarity left and a few hours later a pony called Officer Colt came over to check on production. We shook his hoof and went through introductions. He said he will be the one coming regularly. He knew Sweet Apple Acres had a CC Phone System that connected us to other Apple clans. He asked to connect it to his desk in case and we okayed that.

We game him the CC Contact number for us (Which was 1011.) He checked to make sure the quota was reached as Apple Bloom made him a coffee and I cooked a three person dinner and dessert. I found a recipe book and used it to make a great juicy batch of BBQ ribs. I marinated them a little extra to try and add a little Sweetie Touch to it. We sat and ate. The Sweetie Touch worked. Officer Colt was about to leave when the phone rang and I picked it up.

"Hello?"

"Is Applejack there?"

"She passed away along with Big Macintosh and Granny Smith, it's just Apple Bloom and Sweetie Belle."

"Sweetie Belle was on the wills? Okay can one of you cover for Braeburn tomorrow so he can get a break?"

I asked Apple Bloom and we decided I will cover for him.

"I'll cover Brae tomorrow, Apple Bloom will run it here."

"Thanks." They hung up and so didn't I. This is going to be a great life. No free time ever? Hopefully we could work something out soon. Maybe vacation time.

As Officer Colt left he said we should definitely get vacation time and will work it all out. We closed the door behind him. We sat on the couch, using each other as pillows. I ached horribly from the day,  and tomorrow is going to be two times worse.