A Twilighted Darkness

  Applejack wasn't an ordinary farm pony. Heck if she wasn't even an ordinary pony at that either. She has always been the farm pony among her friends, speaking in country, doing chores, and being the most honest pony in all of Equestria.

  However, one thing that stood her out was she was the element of honesty. She also knew most of the royalty, and had her own wing in the Crystal Rainbow Kingdom.

  Yet, despite all that, she never let it get to her head, and she always preferred being a simple farm pony. She was at the happiest of her life, as they had reformed Starlight, she found out Cadence and Shining Armour were having a baby, and her sister Apple Bloom had finally earned her cutie mark. No potions or spells, she earned it naturally. Twilight had even took it to renew her life, and there was hardly anything to ruin it...

  "Um, sis. The Flim Flam brothers are back," said Apple Bloom. 'Hardly' being the key word.

  As Applejack made her way up to the front of the farm, she noticed that the brothers were singing again. She heard something about how all the apple family does is put poison in their apples. 'That's bullcrap!' AJ thought, 'First they try to run us outta business, then they screw around with Granny, and now they pull all this jackcrap on us about poison? Ahm gonna teach these lowlives a lesson!'

  "Hey Flim, Flam! What are you trying to pull on us this time?" said Applejack.

  "My apologies Ms Applejack, but we were just getting your attention," said Flim.

  'Or was it Flam?' AJ thought.

  "We didn't mean to cause any ruckus this time, we've just came with some very big news for you and your siblings."

  "Let me guess, you admit your cider tastes like dirt?" Applejack was chuckling on that one.

  "First of all," started Flam (which is which?!?!). "It does not taste like dirt. It tastes like crap." Everyone was chuckling, even Flim, who did it a little bit until Flam whacked him. "Second, we've recently found some people you'd like to meet."

  Applejack was confused. "Who could it be?"

  "Your parents."

  While the brothers were hoping for a collective gasp from Applejack, all they got was tears and a mad face.

  "You can't be serious. YOU THINK THIS IS A JOKE??!!" screamed AJ, as she was in dead tears. Everyone was shocked. "I saw them die with my OWN FREAKING EYES!"

...

Sweet Apple Acres: 10 Years Ago

  It was a beautiful night in the acres. While almost everyone was asleep, a mother and her filly were having a conversation.

  "I wonder what her first words will be ma!" said a young filly. The filly was orange with freckles, and had a blonde mane. She was also wearing a red ribbon.

  "With all respect Applejack, there's a chance her first words might be your very name," said the mother. The mother was orange with red hair, and wore a light brown cowboy hat.

  The young filly squealed in excitement. "Oh mama! I can't believe I'm a big sister now! I can finally have someone look up to me instead of being looked down upon!"

  "Ahh, there's my Honey-nut Crisp! Sweet as ever!" said a yellow stallion.

  "You know me good Appleseed!" said Honey-nut, or as she preferred to be called, Crisp, as they started to kiss. Applejack tended to look away when they did that. She felt as she was too disgusted to see it, even though she was a few months away from being a teenager. She felt she wasn't ready for all that yet.

  After the kissing was finished, Crisp went up to Applejack. "Applejack, I want you to know that if something bad ever happens to us, you'll watch over Apple Bloom no matter what."

  Applejack nodded. Just as she did, a group of dark cars came up to the barn. Appleseed noticed them, and gave a shocked face. "I didn't think they would come this quickly. Honey, they're here!"

  When Honey-nut looked, she also gave off a shocked face. "Oh dear," she said. "Applejack, Apple Bloom, ma and pa will be back in a few minutes, we just have some.... negotiating to do." While Applejack was curious and worried, she trusted her parents to be safe. However as soon as they were gone, AJ opened the curtains to see what was going on.

...

  A very dark stallion got out of the vehicle, while lighting his cigarette. A light blue mare with her hair in a bun came out as well, sporting dark eyeliner while chugging down a can of beer. Soon after, everyone else followed out the cars, then Appleseed and Crisp.

  "You already know what we want, don't you Honey-nut? How bout you Applseed?" said the stallion. He spoke in a dark and grisly voice that would give shudders to even Tirek. The couple nodded, and handed over a basket of apples.

  "There," said Appleseed. "You got what you wanted, now get the **** away from us!"

  The stallion however grinned. "You misunderstand filthy Apples. What I want now, is something completely different than what you thought."

  Honey-nut gasped. "What could you ***holes want anything else from us?!"

  "I do not kindly take insults. What I want is for our drugs to become an ingredient in your apples."

  The couple gasped in shock. "We would never endanger our friends because of some **** your making us do!" screamed Crisp. "We would rather us lose our **** lives than watch you kill others!"

  "Oh really?" said the mare as she pointed a gun at the farm. "How would you like to see your own family murdered in your very eyes?!"

  Applejack had enough. She would not stand to see her parents and family die because of some stupid as crap thing. She rushed out of the barn, with her chest filled with pride. "You leave mah family alone you psychotic jackwads!"

  The stallion stared grimly at the teenage mare. All that pride went out in one stare. "So, you think this business is suitable for kids?" he said, as he slashed Applejack with a knife. The slash wasn't fatal, but it did leave a pool of blood from the mare. "Pathetic." Just as he was about to deliver the finishing blow, her parents spoke up.

  "No! Don't kill her!" they said in unison. The parents looked down with sadness, then Crisp spoke up. "Kill us instead."

  The stallion queried on that, but eventually gave in.

  "But before we go, let us have our last moments with our daughter."

  "Fine. Make it quick."

  Crisp went up to Applejack. Applejack had a scared face, knowing that this would be her last conversation with her mom. Honey-nut Crisp had a calm, yet slightly scared face. "AJ, remember when I told you about how we would not always be here? Well, that time is upon us. I need you, Big Macintosh, and Granny Smith to be the best family to Apple Bloom. And if she asks, we went out fighting for our family." she said, as she put her hat on Applejack.

  Applejack was on the verge of tears. The couple closed their eyes. 'We will always be with you Applejack,' they thought, as the blue mare put bullets through their necks.

  As blood started coming out from everywhere, the stallion looked down at the bloodied mare. "If word gets out about this, your next."

  As soon as he said that, a police van appeared, and tasered the whole gang, knocking them out cold. As police and family appeared to help up Applejack, all she could do was cry.

Sweet Apple Acres, Present Day

  After Applejack finished her story, she broke down in tears. "That day, I lost mah parents. That day I lost hope. That whole day nearly drove me to suicide!!" The crowd gasped at that. "But I didn't. I held my ma's last words to my heart and took care of Apple Bloom like she was mah own!" Applejack took on a grim face. "So, if you two jack***** think you can get away with something like that, then your ****** up in the ***. So GET OUT OF MAH SIGHT!!"

  While taken back by what she had said, the brothers were no less pleased. However, two voices changed that. "Applejack? Is that you?"

  AJ realized that voice from any where, and grew wide eyes. "Mama?"

  She then heard another voice similar to her. "My god. I didn't realize our own child!"

  AJ's eyes grew even wider at that sentence. "It... it can't be."

  "Oh honey! We missed you so very much!" said Honey-nut and Appleseed, as they came up to give Applejack a hug.

...

  Twilight was pondering around her castle. She knew not do that. The last time she did, she got a visit from her future self, giving her a week of paranoia. But this time was different. It was serious. Even after the best day of her life, she still had those awful thoughts.

  "Maybe you shouldn't call them awful," whispered a dark voice in her head.

  'Shouldn't?!' she thought. ''I've been thinking about killing others! That's awful.'

  "That's what Shiny used to say about being in love, and remember that one night you..."

  Twilight got furious. 'Do NOT mention that night.'

  "All I'm saying is maybe your dark side isn't so bad."

  'Yeah, maybe it isn't.'

  "Besides, you've been nice your whole life. Why not be naughty for a chance?"

  'Heh, it does feel good to be bad. Maybe your... Wait, what am I saying?!"

  Twilight snapped backed to her senses. 'This is going very badly!'