My Little Pony: The Human Nine's Adventures In Equestria

Third Person POV

Applejack was up on the hill overlooking Sweet Apple Acres anxiously waiting for the sun to arose over the horizon, "Any minute now..." and the sun came up and a rooster crow was heard and she cried, "Yee-haw! It's officially Apple Bucking Day!" she happily trotted through the orchard and looked at all of the trees. "Look at all those apples! Ripe and juicy, perfect for buckin'!"

She bucked one of trees and expected fresh and juciy apples to fall into her hooves but when one did, it was mushed in her arms. Then she saw that more apples were crushed on the ground, What the heck is goin' on?" she asked in confused before she realized. "They're back!"

"Attention! This is a Sweet Apple Acres code red! I need all hooves – and claws – on deck!" Applejack called as Ren, Twilight and the whole gang came into the orchard.

"Farm chick what the hell is going on?!" Jack exclaimed. "We were right in the middle of breakfast."

"You mean you were in the middle of breakfast, tubby." Rantaro stated, earning a tick mark on Jack head.

"Calm down, Applejack." Rarity said before Applejack got in her face, "Calm down?! How can I calm down at a time like this?! Vampire fruit bats are attackin' Sweet Apple Acres!"

But I thought the fruit bats usually stayed put in the west orchard." Twilight pointed out.

"The fruit bats do, but these aren't just your everyday ordinary fruit bats. They're vampire fruit bats!" Applejack corrected.

"Vampire what bats?" Ren questioned, having never heard that name before.

"Vampire fruit bats." Applejack stated. "They're horrible varmits."

"But why are they called 'Vampire' fruit bats?" Jamie asked. "Do they drink blood?"

"No, they suck the apples fry of their nutrients and kill off trees." Applejack stated, pointing to three trees that lacked most of their leaves and the apples were all shrivel and on the ground. "Holy crap baskets!" Ren exclaimed in horror.

"I'll be darned if they think they're gonna sink their fangs into my blue ribbon apple." Applejack said, going over to a tree and pulling off the cover and saw a enorumous apple at was the size of the tree itself! "Woah...!" Everyone gasped.

"This here's our entry into the Appleloosa State Fair's produce competition. [exhales] You know how much TLC goes into getting an apple to grow like this?" Applejack exclaimed.

"Applejack! When you go big, you really go big!" Rarity said, admiring her reflection in the apple.

"Them vampire bats want to shrivel it up like a raisin!" Applejack accused.

"Oh, I'm sure if we just let them know how special that particular apple is to you, they'll leave it alone." Fluttershy said.

"Indeed." Sarah stated.

"Yeah, right. Be my guest." Applejack deadpanned and Fluttershy smiled.

Soon, Sarah and Fluttershy went over to a tree that housed the vampire fruit bats, "Um, excuse me, Mr. Vampire Bat? We were just wondering if maybe you wouldn't mind leaving that really big apple alone?" Fluttershy asked, only to get seeds spatted at her, forcing her back.

"So what did they say?" Applejack asked her.

"Um.. I don't really know. This is the first vampire fruit bat I've ever met and, well, it might take some time for me to really understand their language." Fluttershy admitted sheepishly.

"Uh-huh. And in the meantime, this pest and his vermin friends are gonna go after my prized apple and, while they're at it, every other apple in the orchard! These vampire bats are nothin' but a bunch of monsters!" Applejack exclaimed.

"Monsters?! Oh, that's a bit harsh, don't you think?" Fluttershy exclaimed.

"No, I do not." Applejack growled before she and Fluttershy broke into a song together.

[Applejack]

Those vampire bats will give you a fright
Eating apples both day and night
They rest for a minute, maybe three
Then they're eatin' every apple in your apple tree

They don't care about nada, not zilch, no, nothin'
'Cept bringin' about an orchard's destruction

[Fluttershy]

Now wait just a minute, there's another side to this
And if I did not defend them, then I would be remiss
These bats are mamas and papas too
They care for their young just like we ponies do

[Applejack]

Oh, give me a break, you're bein' too kind
These creatures have a one-track mind
The orchard is not their restaurant
But do they ever think what others may want?
No! They don't! And that is just a fact
These bats, they simply don't know how to act

[Fluttershy]

That's where I have to disagree
They're loyal to their family
Spreading seeds both far and wide

[Applejack]

You see one comin', you'd better run and hide!
They're big and ugly and mean as sin
Will ya look at the state my trees are in?

[Fluttershy]

They help your trees, they'll grow stronger faster

[Applejack]

They've turned my life to a total disaster!

[Rarity and Kaede]

Well, I for one don't have a doubt
These vermin must be stamped right out

[Rainbow Dash and Jack]

I second that, they've got to go
These bats, they've got to hit the road

[Applejack]

It comes down to just one simple fact
They've crossed the line, it's time to fight them back!

[All except Sarah and Fluttershy]

Stop the bats! Stop the bats!
Make them go and not come back!
Stop the bats! Stop the bats!
Make them go and not come back!
Stop the bats! Stop the bats!
Make them go and not come back!

[Applejack]

Yes, it comes down to just one simple fact
They've crossed the line, it's time that we attack!

Fluttershy shivered on the ground before Rarity helped her up, "I'm sorry, Fluttershy, but I believe Applejack has made the better argument. These vampire fruit bats sound downright dreadful."

"Y-Yeah, they sound pretty bad for the orchard." Ren agreed. "Sorry Flutters."

"So let's get to roundin' them up so they don't destroy the rest of my orchard." Applejack declared.

"Um, excuse me, but, um, what if instead of rounding them up, we... let them have part of the orchard?" Fluttershy suggested, earning shock from the others, save for Sarah.

"Have you lost your pest-lovin' mind?!" Applejack exclaimed.

"They're only here because they're hungry! If we build a sanctuary for them, they could have their own apples to enjoy! After a while, they could even help the rest of your orchard! The vampire bats don't eat the seeds of the apples, and when they spit them out, they grow into even more productive apple trees!" Fluttershy said.

"I agree with Fluttershy. The bats can be very helpful to your orchard, Applejack." Sarah added.

Applejack sighed, "Listen, Sarah, Fluttershy. That sounds real nice 'n' all, but every second we spend buildin' this so-called 'sanctuary' is a second they'll spend destroyin' orchards! You don't know what it was like the last time there was an infestation, but Granny Smith has told me enough stories about it that just the thought of it gives me nightmares! Granny says we lost a huge section of orchard that year. They had to ration out apples all winter!" Applejack explained.

"What about the cider? There was still cider, right?" Rainbow asked.

"Not...a...drop." Applejack replied.

"No cider?! No cider?! We need to round up these monsters, and we need to do it now!" Rainbow exclaimed, wanting to bats gone.

"Hell yeah!" Jack exclaimed.

"If Granny Smith wasn't with Apple Bloom an' Big Mac checkin' out our produce competition in Appleloosa, she'd be here tellin' us to do just that!" Applejack replied.

"I'm sorry, Sarah, Fluttershy, but I think Applejack is right. I just wish there was another way we could convince them not to eat them in the first place. Maybe there is...!" Twilight thought.

At Twilight's LIbrary...

"So, there's good news and bad news. The good news is that I found a spell that can get the vampire fruit bats to stop wanting to suck the juice from the apples. But in order for the spell to work, I need the bats' full and complete attention." Twilight said, looking at Fluttershy, who was alerted to what she wanted her to do.

"Oh no." Fluttershy said.

"Fluttershy, I need you to do your Stare on the bats." Twilight said.

"Oh, gosh, I don't know." Fluttershy said nervously.

"What's the problem? You've used the Stare plenty of times before!" Rainbow pointed out.

"Yeah, what the hell is wrong with doing it now, brat?" Jack asked.

"Yes, but it's not something I take lightly. I've made a vow not to use it except in dire circumstances." Fluttershy declared.

"This circumstance is plenty dire to me!" Applejack retorted.

"Me too! Think of the cider! Won't somepony please think of the cider?!" Rainbow whined. Rantaro rolled his eyes at her, "Who cares..?"

"I do!" Rainbow exclaimed.

"I'm sorry. I just don't like the idea of taking away the thing that really makes the vampire fruit bats [inhales] vampire fruit bats! It just feels wrong!" Fluttershy declared, not wanting to interfere with nature.

"But if we don't do this, there won't be any apples left for anypony here in Ponyville. Doesn't that feel wrong, too?" Twilight asked her.

"Twilight, stop pressing Fluttershy." Sarah scolded. "You know she's not going to do it."

"Well I have to do the spell on the bats, there's no other way." Twilight said to her.

"Twilight, you don't know Nature like I do. When you try to mess with Nature, Nature shows you that you shouldn't have messed with it in the first place. In other words, Nature fights back!" Sarah stated to the group.

"Now that's a valid point.." Jamie shyly replied.

"All I'm saying is that messing with Nature will lead to a disaster." Sarah stated. "Anyway, I'll used my Element on the bats and take away their natural instincts.."

"You can really do that..?" Applejack asked. Sarah nodded.

Back at Sweet Apple Acres....

Ren's POV

Sarah was in the middle of the orchard alone and she concentrated and activated her Element of Hope. It sent of a shockwave that spread all around the orchard and struck the bats, taking away their natural instincts and placing it into her Element.

When Sarah was done, her mane was a little messy, but she was fine. "Ha.. ha.. there..." she panted as we came over, "Alright Sarah!" Rainbow cheered. "Ye-he-heah, whoo!"

"My crop is saved! Yee-haw!" Applejack cheered.

"We'll be drinking cider all winter long!" Rainbow added in joy.

"I wanna thank you for your help. I couldn't have done it without you." Applejack smiled.

"Your welcome, Aj." I stated.

"Yeah, no problem.." Kaede said before she saw Sarah rubbing her eyes. "Sarah, are you okay?"

"Huh? Y-Yeah.. I'm okay..." She groaned and placed a hoof to her forehead. "My head hurts a little."

"Your head hurts?" Kaede questioned. "Why?"

"Well that was a powerful spell she used, so it might just be a magic strain headache." Twilight suggested.

Sarah rubbed her head again and Jack came over, "Come on Newbie, we'll take you home.." Jack picked up Sarah and we all walked out of the orchard.

When we got to the home-ship we put Sarah on the couch and Kaede placed a blanket over her, "T-Thanks you guys..." Sarah said with a weak smile.

"No problem, now you get some rest.." I said to her and the others nodded in agreement. Rantaro and Nicole, on the other hand narrowed their eyes at her.

"What's wrong with you Privates Wilde and Bonnie?" Skye asked them.

"Something's up with her." Rantaro stated.

"Meaning...?" I asked them.

"Mr. Wilde means that the spell might have done more than take the bats natural instincts away from them..." Nicole said, looking at her violet IPad. Did more...? What could that mean? What else could the spell have done...?

The Next Morning.....

We were all having breakfast together and Sarah was still resting on the couch when Applejack came bursting into the door. "Applejack?!" I exclaimed.

"What the hell farm chick!" Jack yelled.

"We need y'all at the farm right now. Our work isn't done yet." Applejack said to us before running back to Sweet Apple Acres. Huh? What could she mean by that?

"What does that mean?" Jamie asked nervously.

"Don't know but let's find out.." I said to them and Jack grabbed Newbie, "Come here Newbie."

"What? Hey!" Sarah exclaimed from the sudden awakening and we ran out the door towards Sweet Apple Acres. We followed Applejack back to Sweet Apple Acres, where we confronted the others staring at rotten apples on the ground. "More rotten apples?" I asked, confused. "What happened?"

Twilight was analyzing one of them closely.

"Sarah's spell didn't work!" She exclaimed in surprise.

"You're darn tootin' her spell didn't work!" Applejack shot back, angry that she was going to have to deal with this for another day. "I think we're gonna have to take more extreme measures!"

"I hear ya, Applejack! C'mon, everypony! Let's track down those vampire bats!" Rainbow Dash led the group, taking us back where the vampire fruit bats resided.

However, everything seemed the way it should have been after Sarah performed her spell. The bats were looking around with no intention of sucking an apple dry. In fact, they were doing anything but that. Rainbow Dash flew over to one of them that was apparently reading something and offered an apple. The bat merely slapped it away, uninterested in the fruit.

It landed on and through Rarity's horn, having her remove it with her magic with slight disgust.

"Wait a minute..." Applejack paused to think. "I don't think these bats are the ones that sucked my apples dry."

"But if the vampire bats aren't eating your apples..." Rarity questionably brought.

"Who is?" Twilight ended in question and then walked over to Fluttershy. "Fluttershy, you're our animal expert. Do you know of any other creature that might be capable of this?"

"I'm sorry." Fluttershy apologized and looked away, completely clueless of the scene. "I don't."

"Great, now what?" Jack asked, annoyed.

"Well, there's only one way to find out. We'll have to catch whoever it is in the act." Twilight suggested.

"And how do you propose we do that?" Rarity inquired.

"A stakeout!" Twilight grinned, confident that her idea would reveal the cause of the continued mishap. "Everypony, let's meet back here when night falls. Then, we'll find the culprit and put an end to this mystery."

We all nodded in agreement, "Ugh, another waste of my time.." Rantaro grumbled, not wanting to do this.

"You won't be able to sell cider anymore, Mr. Wilde.." Nicole said, not looking up from her IPad.

"Ugh.. fine..." Rantaro grumbled, folding his arms.

That Night, we were all in the orchard together. I had to admit, the orchard it look kinda freaky with the dead trees everywhere.

"Does everypony have their pony signals?" Applejack asked, receiving a nod from both Twilight and Rarity as they used their magic to form a signal towards the sky. I would fire a Break Bullet in the air for my signal while I was with Kaede and the others. Pinkie Pie received a flashlight and carried it with her mane. "Now remember, Pinkie Pie, only use the signal if you see somethin' suspicious."

"I got it!" She answered, shining the light directly at Applejack and caused her to become shortly dazed. "Something suspicious..." she looked around and she saw Sarah.. sniffing an apple? Um... weird...

"What are you doing?!" She exclaimed into her ears, making her flinch a little before she walked off.

About thirty minutes into the stakeout and we haven't found anything yet. "Ugh... this is a frigging lost cause.." Jack grumbled.

"You don't know that for sure, Jack." Kaede said.

"Yeah, bit it is kinda scary.." Carrie said and Mason held her close.

"Don't worry, Carrie. I won't let anything get you.." Mason reassured. "None of us will.."

"Y-Yeah..." Jamie said, holding his notebook tightly near his chest while Kaede had her bow and arrow and Skye had her copter. Kaede looked around and noticed, "Uh... where did Sarah go...?"

Sarah? She's right next to- Huh? Sarah was suppose to be near Jack but she wasn't anymore. "Newbie..? Newbie!" Jack called out. Suddenly, we saw Applejack's signal in the air, "Applejack must have found something.." I said and we ran over to where Applejack was and we saw her staring at something in a tree in shock.

"Applejack, what did you find?" I asked only to get a mushed apple in the face. "What the-?" I wiped the apple off of my face and saw something big hanging from the tree branch. "What the hell is that..?" Jack asked before we shined our flashlights on it.... and the figure opened its wings and to our horror we saw that it was... "SARAH?!"

N-No way....!

Sarah... turned into a vampire bat pony...?! Impossible...!

Her mane and tail were a bit messy but they were at her normal length, she was a duller color of white and she hissed at us showing her fangs and now she had a pair of bat wings and lacked her unicorn horn! But she still had her Element of Hope on her neck.

"Sarah Gem? Yoo-hoo! Sarah Gem!" Pinkie Pie called, hanging upside down near her but Sarah hissed at her and she fell on the ground.

"That's not Sarah Gem... That's Sarah Bat!" Rarity exclaimed.

"We've gotta get her down from there!" Twilight said with concern.

"Uh... Sarah, sweetness, please come down, and... do stop being a vampire bat." Rarity asked nicely, only to get a hiss from her before she stuck out her tongue, grabbed an apple and sucked it dry and spit it onto the ground.

"Alright that does it." Rainbow said annoyed before she flew up to Sarah. "Sarah! It's me, Rainbow Dash! Why don't you cut the bat act and come on down?!" Sarah spread her wings, hissing aggressively and she flapped them, striking her and sending her flying back before she lunged at us. "Wah!" We all ducked to dodge her as she flew around us once.

"Nice work, Skittles.." Jack grumbled.

“Sarah Bat on the loose! Run for your lives!" Pinkie exclaimed before she stated digging in the ground, faster than a dog.

"Pinkie Pie, calm down! See? She's back on her... branch." Twilight said, seeing Sarah back on her tree, glaring at us.

"She's just biding her time! Waiting for the right moment to pounce!" Pinkie fretted. Carrie squeaked in fear and hugged her brother in fear.

"Pinkie Pie, bats don't eat ponies. Not even vampire bats." Applejack pointed out. Yeah... Vampire bats don't eat humans in our world, they just suck blood from sheep and cows.

"But maybe vampire ponies eat other ponies! I'm not taking any chances!" Pinkie said before she dug deeper underground. Woah... how strong is that Earth Pony.

"How did this happen? That's what I don't understand." Rarity asked confused.

"I think this was actually our fault." Twilight said grimly.

"Our fault?" Rainbow asked.

"And how'd you figure that?" Applejack questioned.

"Because you guys didn't listen to her when she said Nature fights back." Rantaro deadpanned with his bored and calm look. "She said that when you mess with Nature, Nature shows you that you shouldn't have. When you guys had Sarah take away the bats natural instincts, they were placed into her Amulet which must have turned her into a vampire fruit bat pony, therefore proving her point."

Okay.... when you put it like that.... it is our fault.... oh boy....

"Great, so now what?" Jack asked. "How do we get Newbie back to normal?"

"The only way to change her back is if we can somehow take the bats instincts out of her Element." Twilight suggested.

"But Twilight, only Sarah can unlock the powers of her Element, none of us can." Jamie stated. "We need someone else who can get the Element off of her."

Suddenly, a large grey leaf came floating down to us.. what the-? "What's this leaf doing here..?" I asked picking it up.. only for a pair of yellow eyes to appear. "GAH! WHAT THE-?"

"Oh come now, Ren Loodan, is that how to greet a friend?" the leaf spoke in a familiar voice.

"DISCORD?!" We all exclaimed in shock and the leaf turned into Discord. "The one and only." he laughed.

"What are you doing here?" Applejack asked.

"I saw that my precious friend, Sarah Gem was turned into a vampire fruit bat pony, and I wanted to see how she would turn out." Discord chuckled.

"Discord..." Twilight warned. "You wouldn't have had something to do with Sarah turning into a this.. would you...?"

"Of course not?" Discord defended. "I would never turn my dear friend into something so horrific, but I will help you catch her."

"How..?" Jamie asked. Then, we heard a hiss and saw Sarah Bat flying down towards us, but Discord snapped his fingers and a cage came over her and she crashed on the ground. Sarah Bat hissed in the cage and slammed against the bars, trying to get free. "Easy as pie.."

"Okay we caught her, but how can we get the bat instincts out of Sarah's Element?" I questioned.

"Ugh, do I have to do everything for you ponies and humans..?" Discord asked before she shot out a small beam from his finger and it struck Sarah's Element of Hope and it brought a small cloud with a bat shaped mark in the middle. "The bats natural instincts." Twilight gasped in awe. Then Discord snapped his fingers and the cloud spread all around, returning to the vampire fruit bats.

Sarah, on the other hand, hissed once more before she glowed brightly and changed back into her unicorn self and she fell on the ground. Discord removed the cage and we raced over to her as she opened her eyes, "W-Wha... w-where am I...?" she asked groggily, "Ugh... and why does my stomach hurt so much...."

Mason and Jack came over and helped her up, "Easy Newbie...."

"Ow..." Sarah said, rubbing her head in pain. "W-What happened...?"

"You got turned into a vampire bat pony cause of the bat instincts trapped inside of your Element but Discord removed it and turned you back to normal." Twilight replied.

Sarah nodded, "T-Thanks Discord..."

"Oh no problem, Sarah Gem, now time for me to get back to sightseeing.." Discord said he turned himself into a leaf and floated into the wind, "Until next time~" he said as he flew away.

".... He is one weird dude...." Mason stated.

"Yep..." We all agreed.

The Next Morning....

Applejack took Fluttershy and Sarah suggestion and made a sanctuary for the vampire furit bats. "Sarah, Fluttershy, I'm real sorry I didn't take your suggestion in the first place." Applejack apologized.

"And don't forget, now you'll get seeds that will grow into even bigger and better apple trees." Fluttershy reminded with a big smile on her face.

"Does that mean what I think it means?" Rainbow Dash asked hopefully.

"Yup! More cider too." Applejack confirmed.

"Yea-he-heah, whoo!" Rainbow cheered before she flew off in glee. The rest of us chuckled at her behavior but that's Rainbow Dash.

"Okay, got the part about the spell, Sarah turning into a bat, building a sanctuary..." Spike said as he wrote down the letter to send to Princess Celestia.

"Be sure to put in there that I came to see that my short-term solution was a little short-sighted." Applejack stated.

"And that you shouldn't let anypony pressure you into doing something that you don't think is right. Sometimes you have to tell even your closest friends 'no'." Fluttershy added as well. We all nodded in agreement.

"And as Sarah said Nature has a way of showing that you shouldn't mess with it for your own gain, so don't try to mess with it unless you want a disaster on your hands." I said sheepishly. Speaking of Sarah, she was laying down nearby, next to Jack. Pikachu and Zoura were rubbing her aching stomach from all the apples she ate while she was a Vampire Fruit bat pony and Snowflake was curled around her.

"Now, how about we celebrate our stronger than ever friendship with a nice, ripe, juicy apple?" Applejack questioned.

"Noooo....!" Sarah whined before Snowflake burned the apple with her weak plasma blast. Everyone shared a laugh with that. Looks like Sarah won't want any apples near her for a while. Haha...

To Be Continued....