Apples To The Core

by GummiHeadphones

Rating: everyone
Tags: Anthro, Applejack, Drama, Apple Bloom, Tragedy, Big Macintosh, My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic, Granny Smith
Length: 988

AppleJack wants to show AppleBloom the truth..but...she can't..

AppleJack struggles to tell AppleBloom, will she do it? Or will she keep hiding her parent's death away from her little sister?

Published 2016-02-15 03:50:02 UTC
Last updated 2016-02-15 03:50:02 UTC

Chapter 2

The Apples walked toward the cemetery of Ponyville. AppleJack looked around, shivering at all the graves and at how cold it was. AppleBloom held AppleJack's hand and stayed close as she could. They arrived at two grave stones. AppleJack stared at the graves, tears almost coming out. She fought them back and stood there with a blank expression. It had been ten years since they fell off that bridge...ten years. 'It's in the past..' AppleJack thought to herself. 'It's not relevant anymore..." She looked away from the stones.

AppleBloom looked up at her sister's blank expression with a frown. Big Mac sighed at it as Granny Smith looks down.

"AppleJack..." AppleBloom mumbled, "Can I please see them...?"

"What did I say AppleBloom? No." AppleJack said with irritation in her voice.

"I-I just wanted.."

"You wanted to what?" AppleJack glared down at her, "You didn't know them! You didn't get to know them! You know NOTHING about them! You'll never know ANYTHING about them! You don't miss em'!" AppleJack was yelling.

AppleBloom glared, tears falling down her face. She ran away. Granny smacked AppleJack on the back of her head, "Are ya'll stupid!? Don't go talkin' to AppleBloom like that! This is her first day seeing her parents grave!" Granny Smith went after AppleBloom.

AppleJack stood there, tears forming. She looked down, ashamed of what she had done.

Big Mac put a hand on her shoulder, "Look sis. If you keep hiding their death and life from her she'll actually never know anythin' about em'. Don't wait. She needs to know." Big Mac walks off to find them both, leaving AppleJack standing there as it began to snow. She needed time to think. She sat at her father's grave, "That didn't go well...huh, pop?" AppleJack stares at the grave stone like she did with the ceiling earlier, as if the gravestone or ceiling was going to answer. A huge gus of wind flew pas her, causing her to shiver.

"AppleJack..." A familiar soft voice spoke out.

AppleJack stood, "W-Wha...?"

Chapter 3

That voice...that voice...why is it so familiar? AppleJack frantically looked around. "Who's there!?" She called out startled.

"It's me AppleJack..." That voice...could it be..?

"P-Pop..?" AppleJack asked calmly.

"Yes AppleJack..." Her father appeared with a glowing surrounding. "AppleJack...please...AppleBloom...she needs this...she needs to know. You can't hide this forever..."

"I...I just don't know how to tell her..." AppleJack sighed.

"Tell her what happened...then show her..she'll be so happy AppleJack..." He sighed, "I don't have much time left...please do it AJ...she needs you.." He then disappears. AppleJack stood there, stunned. Did she really just talk to her father? After all these years? She then ran home.

"AppleBloom!" She called.

"What?" AppleBloon asked, glaring.

"I gotta talk to you about mom and dad." AppleJack sat beside AppleBloom on the couch.

"You're...you're really gonna..." AppleBloom stuttered.

"Eeyup!" AppleJack smiled. She explained her parents death. She explained how Rarity was falling off a bridge and her and her parents came to her rescue. She explained how they fell off, not before her father threw Rarity up beside her. Applejack grabbed a picture from a box and showed it too AppleBloom.

AppleBloom stared, "T-That's...mom and dad...?"

"Yup..." AppleJack smiled.

"Mom's so beautiful....like you said!" AppleBloom smiled, "Thanks sis....your the best..." She hugged AppleJack tightly.

AppleJack sighed happily, "Anytime."

Final

Final

AppleJack stared out into the field of apple trees, a cold breeze flowing through her blonde mane and her orange coat. She's lived here for ten years. Ten years of the best times of her life.

"I'm an Apple." AppleJack said, "I'm an Apple. And I'll always be an Apple. I'm an Apple to the core."

Chapter 1

AppleJack stared out into the field of apple trees, a cold breeze going through her blonde mane and orange coat. She had been living here for years. Ever since her parents had....no...I should not mention it. AppleJack sighed and abruptly picked a crate of apples up, only to see her little sister siting there.

"Heya, sis!" The little AppleBloom said, her pink bow holding up her mane.

"Oh. Hey there AppleBloom. Whatcha doin' out here? Didn't Granny say supper was ready?" AppleJack asked as she tilted her head.

"Eeyup. But I wanted to get ya first. You've been work in' all day...Granny and Big Mac are worryin' about ya.." AppleBloom frowned.

"Don't be worryin' about me. I'm fine. I'll be there in a minute AppleBloom."

"Okay, sis." AppleBloom walked inside.

AppleJack walked as she went inside, sighing. Maybe she was working too hard. AppleJack sat against a tree and stared at the sunset. "I don't wanna make em' worry..." She mumbles to herself, "I'll relax for a few days.." She nodded. She'd lay off work for awhile to relax. If she could. The next morning was the day of her parents death, meaning Granny Smith, Big Macintosh, AppleBloom, and herself would go to their grave. AppleJack sat in her room and stared at her hat for the longest time.

"Pop...if y'all can hear me...I need to ask somethin'..what'll happen..." She stopped herself, but then proceeded. "What'll happen when Granny Smith passes away? What'll happen when Big Mac passes away? What'll I do then..?" She asked, looking up. As if she'd get an answer. She sighed, "Thought so..." She stood up and put the hat on.
AppleBloom bursts in, "Sis! Sis! C'mon! We gotta go see ma and pop!"

"I'm comin' AppleBloom." AppleJack chuckled at her little sister's excitement to see the grave of their parents. AppleBloom had never seen the grave. Nor any pictures of what her parents looked like.

"Sis? This year? Can you-" AppleBloom started but was quickly cut off by AppleJack.

"AppleBloom. We talked about this. On your fifteenth birthday I'll show them to you."

AppleBloom sighed, looking down. She then left the room. AppleJack stared at herself in the mirror before proceeding to leave the room herself.