My Little Bastard: Fame is Poisonous

It was 10:33 PM when the two mares finally arrived to Twilight´s home, shivering and freezing to death due to the low temperature. It was a department of one and a half environment, which consisted on a living room with a green, two seater sofa, a bookshelf full of disks from famous pop stars and a television, a small kitchen with a dishwasher, a huge refrigerator and a microwave and a second room with a bed, two windows on the wall and a rectangular shaped table with a computer on it. Next to the bed´s location, there was an entrance to a little bathroom with a washbasin, a toilet and a white tub.

“Okay, Applejack” said Twilight while giving her guest a small tour around the house, “You can stay here in my bedroom until things change. I know it´s not much, but trust me, that bed surely is comfortable, especially during nights like this!”

“Don´t worry, Twilight” the orange mare replied as she slowly let her bag on the floor, “I´m fine on the couch. It´s no big deal to me.”

“If you say so” said the lavender unicorn as she watched through one of the windows how the snow had started to cover most of the rooftops from the buildings, “You think Fluttershy will be fine? That black eye didn´t look so bad after all.”

“I really hope so” Applejack mumbled while sitting on one of the extremes of the couch with anger, “It was my entire fault. I shouldn´t let her try to stop Rainbow. I knew how she reacts every time she gets into one of those discussions with Rarity.”

“Don´t blame yourself for this” Twilight said sitting near her, putting her right hoof on her shoulder, “If anything, the only responsible here is Rarity.”

Applejack turned back to her. Twilight didn´t need to be a genius to note she was trying not to cry.

“What are we going to do, Twi?” she asked with melancholy in her voice, “That show was our only way to get money. And without Mr. Greedy to sponsor us, no one will hire us for nothing, not even for some stupid sitcom. We´re ruined!”

“I don´t know” said Twilight, “But I do know we will find a solution sooner or later. We just need to find a manager.”

The unicorn tapped her chin with her left hoof.

“Or” she said, “At least, someone with contacts.”

“But how are we gonna do that?” Applejack asked bewildered, “The only one with contacts around Manehattan is….”

“Yes, I know” Twilight quickly interrupted, with a derogatory tone, “Her.”

Twilight couldn´t tolerate hearing the name of White Daisy. Not one bit. She absolutely despised and at the same time couldn´t understand how a mare with such talent and an amazing career could be so egotistical, demanding and cruel with everyone on set.

Especially when she had to play the role of Princess Celestia.

“Hmmm” Applejack said, “Perhaps we should look for someone in the newspaper ads, though I´m not sure. It has never worked out for me. Maybe if we didn´t try…”

“We´ve got to try, goddammit!” Twilight snapped, “There is one way, I know there must be! We just haven´t found it yet.”

“Sometimes I wish I had your faith, Twilight” Applejack sighed, resting her elbow on the arm of the sofa and her head on her hoof, “Hey, I don´t mean to sound ungrateful but, Do you have something to eat? I´m starving since this afternoon.”

The lavender unicorn let out a huge sigh, then got off the couch and trotted to the kitchen.

“I think I have just the perfect meal for this occasion” she said with a treacherous smile on her face.

“Really?” Applejack asked, raising an eyebrow with curiosity.

It only took 10 seconds for Twilight to return to the couch with a tray, which contained a knife, two plates, two forks and what it seemed to be a pie.

“See?” Twilight said, trying to resist the urge to laugh, “An Apple Pie! You must love them because you´re Applejack! Apples, apples, apples!”

A vein began to throb, without haste but without pause, in the orange mare´s forehead.

“Say that word one more time” she said with a sharp tone, “And I´ll kill you.”

“Hey, relax!” yelled Twilight disgusted while cutting a generous slice of pie and putting it on one of the plates, “I´m just trying to be nice, Okay?”

“I´m sorry” Applejack said, grabbing the plate and one of the forks, “I´m just so tired of that joke.”

“Well it´s not my fault that it has become so popular!” Twilight replied, as she started chewing the slice she had put on her plate, “Besides, you have to admit it´s actually pretty funny.”

“Sure, whatever” Applejack said, while grabbing the small remote control, “Hey, what if we just see what´s on TV right now? Maybe it will calm both of us down.”

Applejack clicked the red button on the top of the remote control. The television turned on and the face of a blue, brown-maned male unicorn, dressed in a black suit with a white shirt and a red tie, appeared on screen.

“Good night, ladies and gentlemen”, the unicorn said cheerfully, “I am your host Gossip Camera, and welcome once more to The Dark Side Of Equestria! This time we have a very special episode in our hooves, as we´ll go deep into the backstage of the most old and famous program public television has had for the last 14 years and it´s sadly coming to an end. This is My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic: Behind the Laughter!”

“Ugh!” Twilight protested with all the strength her vocal chords could provide her, “Not this guy! I almost forgot the interview he made us yesterday for this stupid documentary! It was so embarrassing!”

“Hmmm” Applejack said, scratching her head, “Maybe we should take a look.”

“Why?” asked Twilight, covering her face with her hooves, “I don´t want to revive that damn interview! I was drunk, and I spit a lot of nonsense!”

“Does it really matter?” Applejack asked, without looking away from the TV, “Everyone will have seen this by tomorrow. At least we have the right to know what they ended up showing.”

“I guess you´re right”, sighed a defeated Twilight.

The program started, and the two mares prepared themselves for the worst.