Conflicting Love

Warning: This chapter contains small amounts of child abuse. I own nothing.

It was another warm and beautiful sunny day at Sweet Apple Acres. Applebloom was currently pacing around her room trying to motivate herself to tell Applejack how she felt by repeating ‘Ya can do this Applebloom, ya can do this’. Finally after she had gotten enough courage she walked out of her room and knocked on her sister’s bedroom door. After a few seconds Applejack opened the door and smiled seeing her little sister “Oh hey Applebloom, did ya need something?”

“Well ah just wanted to tell ya something” Applebloom started already getting nervous.

“What about?” Applejack asked confused.

“Well… ah lied to ya about Wheeljack” Applebloom confessed.

“What do ya mean? There isn’t anypony named Wheeljack? Ya lied to me again?” Applejack said with a hint of anger in her voice.

“Ah’m sorry sis” Her voice trembling.

“Is that a lie too?”

“N-no, ah was just scared to tell ya the whole truth”

“Ah thought ya promised me that ya would always tell me whenever anything was wrong and ya lied to me”

“Ah didn’t completely lie, ah have been having dreams about a pony just not one called Wheeljack”

“Alright then who is the pony you’ve been dreaming about or are ya going to lie again?”

“No ah’m not. The pony that Ah’ve been dreaming about is… you” Applebloom finally confessed unable to look at her older sister afraid of what her sister would say or do.

“What do ya mean that ah’m the pony you’ve been dreaming about?” Applejack asked with fear in her voice.

Applebloom looked at her older sister’s face and was torn by what she saw. Applejack had a look of pure disgust and fear on her face. Tears started to well up in her eyes as she looked at Applejack’s eyes. “Ah… ah…” She couldn’t find the words to say.

“Is this some kind of sick joke Applebloom because ah’m not laughing?”

“I… it’s not a joke, ah… ah really like ya” Applebloom managed to say while cowering at Applejack’s glare with her voice slowly abandoning her.

Thankfully Applejack turned around making it so that Applebloom didn’t have to see those hateful eyes but then Applejack raised her back left hoof and bucked Applebloom in the face sending her hitting the wall and falling on the floor hard. Applebloom put a hoof on her face in pain but was bucked again sending her sliding down the hall towards her room. She tried to get up but was stopped when Applejack put her hoof above her to keep her down. “Now how about ya stay in your room so that nopony will have to know about this and want to do to ya what ah want to do,” She said with hatred and venom in her voice “In fact why don’t ah make sure that ya never have to worry about this ever again.” With those words Applejack raised her other hoof ready to crush the young filly below her.

Applebloom awoke letting out a terrified scream as she curled up and began to ball her eyes out from the nightmare. I can’t tell her, I can’t.

Applejack awoke to the sound of the scream. That sounded like Applebloom. She quickly got out of her bed and galloped to Applebloom’s room to find her little sister cowering while tears poured down her face like a broken dam. Applejack stood for a moment feeling devastated just seeing her little sister this upset. She slowly walked over towards the bed and climbed on putting a hoof around her little sister only for Applebloom to turn around instantly and hugged Applejack tightly. Applejack returned the hug while Applebloom continued to let out her tears. “It’s okay Applebloom; it was just a bad dream, there’s nothing to be afraid of” Applejack’s attempts at first didn’t seem to work as Applebloom continued to sob but eventually she started to slowly calm down but was still holding on to her sister as though she was going to disappear any second and never come back. “There ya go; now do ya think ya can tell me what happened?”

Applebloom sniffled a bit before letting go slowly and nodding her head. “Ah… ah had a dream where…” No ah can’t tell her she’ll hurt me just like in mah dream. “Ah told Wheeljack how ah felt and… he… rejected me and then kicked me in the face” Applebloom said with more tears falling down her face.

“Applebloom ya don’t have to say anything else if you” She was interrupted by Applebloom.

“And then he kicked me again making me slide a few feet and then…” Applebloom looked ready to cry enough tears to flood the town.

“Applebloom please stop” It was breaking her heart to see Applebloom break down like this.

“And then… he… raised a hoof ready to… make sure that ah would never… have to worry about it again” And with that Applebloom started to cry once again, tears falling down her face even more than before. Applejack just hugged her little sister again trying to calm her down once more.

“It’s okay Applebloom, it was only a dream. Ah’m sure he wouldn’t do that. You're an amazing filly and he'll have to be downright stupid if he said no to ya”

Applebloom sniffed a little bit before giving a grateful smile that made Applejack's stomach flutter. "Ya really mean that?"

"Of course ah do. Ya are mah little sister after all"

This finally caused Applebloom to let out the cutest giggle she had ever heard. Wait cute?

Applebloom wiped away the few tears she had left and managed to say, “Could… could ya stay here… please?”

For some reason Applejack felt a blush creep up on her face but pushed it aside. “Of course”

Applebloom slowly got back under her covers with Applejack. She slowly closed her eyes and tried to fall back asleep while Applejack simply watched her with a worried look. Ah’ve never seen Applebloom this upset before, she must really like this colt if it made her like this. Why would anypony ever do something like that to Applebloom? She's kind, sweet, and…

Beautiful?

Applejack immediately had a blush on her face that would any apple on the orchard jealous. Where did that come from? Of course ah think she's cute and beautiful, she's mah little sister. She looked back to Applebloom and saw her resting peacefully. She did have to admit she looked adorable right now. Applejack smiled slightly and leaned over kissing Applebloom on the forehead. “Good night Applebloom” With that she layed down and shut her eyes attempting to fall asleep while wondering why she had thought things like that and why that voice sounded familiar.

AN: Sorry about the shorter chapter but I Pinkie Promise that the next one will be longer. Cross my heart, hope to fly, stick a cupcake in my eye. Also I hope that this chapter was cute enough (after the dream part obviously). I'm crossing my hooves hoping that nopony dislikes the story because of that.