Farmer vs Murderer: Lumberjack's Revenge

The next day at Canterlot High, Applejack felt just as depressed as she was before. She couldn't believe that it's happening to her again. She didn't eat or drink anything and talked to anyone for many days. This made her friends worry about her. At least she wasn't attacked by Cutthroat again thank goodness. A couple of hours later, Applejack was asked to report to Principal Celestia's office about her abnormal condition. How did Principal Celestia know about her being depressed about something that had been bothering her for a very long time? To find out, she did as she was told. As she went inside, she saw Principal Celestia and Vice Principal Luna who were very concerned about her.

"Tell me; what's been troubling you for such a long time?" asked Principal Celestia.

"Ya wouldn't understand," said Applejack as she sat down on a chair in front of her, "Ya might not gonna believe me either." With that, she hung her head down sorrowfully and slowly took off her hat.

Vice Principal Luna touched her left shoulder in assurance. "Yes we would," she said, "Even if it sounds like a ridiculous fabricated story, we'll still believe you."

Applejack sighed and told them the whole true story about her previous times of being controlled by Lumberjack and her victory in the fight. Then she told them about her being recovered by Lumberjack, which was what just happened to her recently.

The office sisters looked at each other in confusion and didn't know what to say. They weren't even sure whether she's telling a truth or a lie.

"I thought y'all believe me, no matter what I tell ya," said Applejack, who's confused as well.

"Well, it definitely sounds like a fabricated story," said Vice Principal Luna, "But we believe you."

"In two months, there'll be a full moon," warned Applejack, "Lumberjack's gonna rebuild 'er shed right where someone tore it down, and be on a lookout fer any trespassers. She'll kill 'em in any way if anyone steps near 'er shed. So whatever ya do, don't go into the middle of that forest. That's where the shed's been and is gonna be rebuilt at." Immediately after she warned them, she felt an extremely sharp pain in her head and cried out in agony.

The office sisters were in shock when seeing her like this.

"Ya shouldn't have done that," said a familiar voice.

Applejack suddenly knew that it was Lumberjack speaking to her internally. "Why?!?" she asked, "Why didn't ya want me ta warn my friends and my family about ya?!?"

"I don't wanna be revealed till the next full moon," said Lumberjack, "That's supposed ta be a secret, but now ya blew it! Fer that, I'll crush yer ribs ta pieces!"

"I need my ribs ta protect my lungs and especially my heart!" Applejack protested, "Therefore, ya can't do that!"

Lumberjack got offended by Applejack's protest quote. "Wanna bet?!?" she asked threateningly as she broke one of Applejack's ribs.

Applejack clutched her upper midsection tightly and cried out again. Her tears started to rapidly from her eyes and quickly ran down her cheeks. She couldn't stand the serious pain so she started to continue crying and collapse to the floor. "Call an ambulance!" she cried, "Please!"

Principal Celestia quickly dialed 911 on her office phone. After the call 20 minutes later, the ambulance arrived while Applejack was still on the floor crying because of of the serious pain. Because of that, her tears on the floor started to form a tiny tear puddle. The ambulance people carefully placed Applejack onto the cot and then into the ambulance, making sure the doors were locked tightly. Principal Celestia and Vice Principal Luna were disappointed that they didn't get to comfort her together. But then again, they'd get a chance soon.

The ambulance went through a lot of traffic and arrived at the hospital. The ambulance people opened it up and took Applejack inside. The exact same surgeons from before were aware of this and wanted to fix her broken rib as soon as possible.

"Take her inside the surgery room and fix her broken rib," said the male ambulance person.

"Yes, sir," said the first surgeon, "Eagerly."

Both surgeons took Applejack inside the assigned room and placed her onto the surgery table and x-rayed her. It turned out that she certainly did had a broken rib. Luckily for her and them, it was only broken in half.

"Don't worry, Miss Applejack," said the second surgeon, "It'll be fine once we fix your rib."

Applejack nodded as she laid still to make it easier for the surgeons to put her in anesthesia first before doing so. After a few hours of surgery, the surgeons stitched and covered the cut mark.

"That should do it," said the first surgeon, "Well, hopefully that is. Now it's time to wait for her to wake up."

Almost instantly, Applejack slowly started to wake up. "Is it over?" she asked faintly.

"Yes it is," said the second surgeon, "We tried out best to fix your rib, but we're not completely sure if it'll form back or not. Give it a few weeks for it to heal."

Applejack nodded. She had a feeling that she'd have to stay at the hospital for a long time again. Since she was already in the hospital bed afterwards and was told exactly the same thing as she thought, she was indeed right. Later that night, she looked out the window and looked at the two stars shining brightly in the night sky. They reminded her of the tragic story of her parents who got mysteriously killed. If they were still alive, her life would've been different. Just thinking about it, she silently cried herself to sleep.

While she was sleeping, she felt something on her right shoulder. She slowly woke up and saw the spirits of her parents. Was she only dreaming or did they really appear in front of her? "Ma? Pa? I-Is that really y'all?" she asked nervously.

"Eeyup," said her father's spirit who's Bright Mac, "It's really us."

"Yer b'comin' a beautiful young woman since we're long gone!" said her mother's spirit who's Pear Butter, the one who touched Applejack's right shoulder and then her jawline.

Both spirits came to her and hugged her.

Applejack noticed that they didn't age at all since the time they were somehow killed. She wanted to reach out to them and hug back but she just had a surgery on her rib, and she couldn't feel them because they're spirits anyway. "Why're ya here?" she asked, "Ta visit me?"

"Well, that and there's somethin' we needa tell ya," said Pear Butter's spirit, "We've heard that ya have a cursed soul named Lumberjack inside ya. We're really worried that ya might die if this keeps up."

"Looks like that previous spell ain't strong enough ta kick 'er out fer good," said Bright Mac's spirit.

Applejack was shocked when she heard this. "How'd ya know that?" she asked confusingly.

"We saw the whole thang," said Bright Mac's spirit, "That made us feel that ya REALLY need help big time."

"Yeah, I sure do," Applejack said, "Any idea what do I needa do?"

"All I can say is wait till ya get well, and then follow yer friend's lead, like ya did last time," said Pear Butter's spirit.

"Okay then," said Applejack, "I'll try my best."

Both spirits smiled and disappeared into thin air.

Applejack smiled back and laid down to get some rest.