Applelove And Respect

Pumpkin Sweet walked in the middle of the desert, despite having no map or any help. The only things he bring is his water and snacks. Knowing his luck, he would regret taking on a criminal cowboy, and saving his friend’s family. But, doing nothing would mean worst.

“Man, it's gonna take me days to find Applejack’s family. I can understand he doesn’t love me, but she doesn’t deserves a sad life...” he said to himself. Out of nowhere, several riding horseback cowfolks swooped and surrounded Pumpkin. He freaked out, and tried his best to either fight back or escape, but it was too late. The riders got off of their horses, approaching to their prey before quick-drawing their pistols at him. One of their horses were comfortably carrying a large cage.

“Hands up, vermin! Don't make us shoot your brain out, cuz we'll do it!” one of them shouted. “You’re coming with us now.”

The threats from the gunslingers struck fear into Pumpkin’s mind. As a result, he stood idle in fear, while they tied his hands to his back with rope. Then, they pushed him into a large cage. As soon as they closed it shut, they hollered loudly before getting back on their horses.

The hideout, which happened to be a ln abandoned hotel, by a cliff, with horses surrounding the place. They pulled Pumpkin out of his cage, and grabbed both of his arms, and dragged him out. By the time they entered the building, Pumpkin saw all the cowfolks staring at him with dirty looks. As if things wouldn't strike fear into his heart, he has come across the main cowboy of the whole operation.

Soursore was the largest among the other cowfolks all around him. He walked up to Pumpkin with a threatening screech to his voice. “I’m surprised to see a squirmin’ varmint set his parts around here. I'm Soursore, the most dangerous cowboy in the desert.

He came closer to Pumpkin, holding a miniature knife. “Now, you listen here, coward! All I want is the piece, no no no! I want my hands on the whole damn town of Appleloosa, and I got the power, and the posse to prove it. You know why? Don't ask why! And, I especially will never go back to jail again - just you wait! And as for you and everyone else, you’ll have to do everything as I say!”

Pumpkin held his breath. “You're really ruthless!”

“Get used to it, bitch boy. Take him to one of the apartments - make him feel right home!” Soursore ordered. The cowboys then dragged Pumpkin into one of the empty apartments.

***

“Enjoy your stay!” The accomplices laughed. They pushed him into the room and locked the door.

Pumpkin got back onto his feet, and approached the hard door. Leaning in failure, he lowered his head down before turning around. To his dismay, he saw Applebloom and Big Mac.

“Hey, it’s that cowboy who loves my sister!” Applebloom pointed. Pumpkin felt bittersweet than happy that he found Applejack’s brother and sister.

Big Mac was confused about how Pumpkin got here. “What are you doing here?”

“I’m here to save you… or at least I was…” Pumpkin replied. “And please don’t talk about my crush on Applejack, I know she doesn't want me.”

“Okay... Well, how are we going to get out of here?” Applebloom asked.

Pumpkin answered. “I don’t know. Applejack was worried about her grandma, and gone out.”

Pumpkin sat down on the floor, completely helpless about the situation he has thrown himself in. Suddenly, two people came out of their bedroom after hearing him talking to Applejack’s family. Surprisingly enough, Applebloom and Big Mac saw their kinfolk for the first time in a long time. As for Pumpkin, he was confused that there was indeed more people in this apartment.

“Who was that?” The orange girl said while another person with red hair came with her.

“Yeah, I needed some sleep after all the work I did today.” the red-haired man followed.

“Who are you? Are you one of those citizens in Appleloosa?”

“Of course! We’ve been here for ten long years.” she replied.

“Ten years!?” Pumpkin repeated in shock.

The woman nodded. “Soursore ruined our lives when he kidnapped us. And now, Applejack probably knows that we're in this hotel.”

“Wait, you know Applejack?” Pumpkin asked until Big Mac walked up to him.

“Pumpkin, these are Applejack’s parents.”

“I’m Pear Butter, and this is my husband Bright Mac.” the girl and man introduced themselves.

Pumpkin was halfway thrilled. “Oh my gosh, Applejack hasn’t seen you for that long?”

Pear Butter began to explain. “Actually, it was way longer. When she was born, we had to keep her far away from Soursore. We were just trying to make sure Applejack’s life wasn’t horrible, and if she was kidnapped, she would never have a better life like ours. Appleloosa had gotten worse when more people sided with Soursore, and it’s just sad that we’d never see our lovely cowgirl again.”

Pumpkin felt horrible that Applejack’s parents were forced to do their only option. Pear Butter cried in sadness after mentioning it all, while Bright put an arm around her. Pumpkin tried to think of an idea to get Applejack’s family out of here.

“Okay… I think I can find a way for all of us, even the citizens of Appleloosa to get out of here.” he said confidently. The family was surprised to hear it, but leaned closer to him and got in on the steps to the major plan.