Revenge of the Bad Apple

“Now now, calm down,” Applejack said, “the only pony that ya have to blame for this is yourself.”

I started to gasp but covered my mouth before I could make a sound. The stallion noticed me and he stared at me and tried to say my name. “What are ya lookin’ at? Nopony is going to save a bad apple like you.” Applejack said as she turned around to see what he had been looking at.

“APPLEJACK! WHAT ARE YOU DOING?!” I yelled. Applejack jumped back. She obviously wasn't expecting me to be there. “WHY IS HE TIED UP?! I BETTER GET A GOOD EXPLANATION FOR THIS!” I continued.

Understandably, Applejack was very surprised, “Twilight! Ah wasn't expectin’ ya…” I took a step forward, and began to untie the pony with my magic.

“NO! No! Don't do that! Don't untie him!” Applejack interjected.

“Why?! TELL ME WHY!” I screamed back at her.

“Ah- Ah can explain,” Applejack responded.

“Please do, because I’m not sure how you can make this look good.” I shot back.

“Well first, may ah ask why you were snooping through my barn in the first place?” Applejack asked.

“That's not important right now, I need you to tell me what HECK you're doing!” I shouted, shocked that she could even ask such a question right now.

“This here is a bad apple. We can't have folks like this in our peaceful community. Ponies like this don't deserve to live, with their back handed comments an their snide remarks. Frankly, Twilight, you're acting like one of em right now! Just walkin’ in on somethin’ that ya weren't invited to.” Applejack said as she stepped forward. I stepped back and said, “Y-you’re insane…”

“Insane? Ah don't think so. I’m jus’ smart, that's all. Ah see what’ll happen to this here community if we jus’ let bad apples run rampant! "Twilight, you ain't dumb, you should know what ah mean!” Applejack exclaimed. She picked up a knife that had been lying on a small table next to her and began to slowly walk forward. “There can be no bad apples! That includes you, Twi.” Applejack said menacingly.

“Wha… what do you m-mean? I asked. Now realizing that I was in danger as well, I stepped back until I was completely in the other room.

“Last time ah checked, snoopin’ wasn't a nice thing to do to friends,” Applejack replied, now starting to walk faster toward me.

I turned and ran out the trap door, out of the barn and out of the farm. I didn't look back once. What had my friend become? How did she become such a monster? That poor stallion, and that dead pony as well! Who knows how many innocent ponies she had killed! This was horrible! This was despicable!

I stopped running and collapsed on the ground, I was panting heavily.

What will I do?! Should I tell Celestia? No, she wouldn't believe me, and Applejack is most likely cleaning up that area right now. Maybe she'll come after me! I'm not sure if I would be able to hurt one of my friends… I thought. Of course she'll come after me, she was most likely going to kill me right then and there if I hadn't of ran.

I looked around, some ponies were starting to notice me laying down in the middle of the street. I knew that I didn't look good, and I didn't want anypony to get suspicious. So, after a quick pause, I stood up and started walking again.