A Night in Lonely October

Applejack pulled her cart up in front of the tree house an hour after dawn. Apple Bloom and Sweetie Belle were at the base of the tree waiting for her. Sweetie Belle was asleep. Apple Bloom looked ready to fall over herself.
Wordlessly Apple Bloom helped her sister load Sweetie Belle into the back of the cart, before settling in down beside her, content to let Applejack drive.

“Rough night huh?” Applejack asks, as she begins to make her way back down the trail toward Sweet Apple Acres.

“I’ve got to tell you about something.” Apple Bloom says. “Actually a lot of things. But I just wanna go home first.”

“I understand.” Applejack says, adjusting her hat. “After a trying time, all any of us really want, is ta get back home.”

Apple Bloom snuggles up against Sweetie Belle, and pulling out her ‘Game Colt’, she begins to play.

“True,” she says, “very true.”