The Applejack of My Eye

Granny Smith was rocking back in forth in her chair after a long day thinking of what to do with what she had been told earlier in the market while she had been getting a few groceries. Was what that rainbow pony said about my two granddaughters true? She desperately hoped that it wasn't. There was no way that they would do such a vile and disgusting thing like that. Would they? In the blink of an eye Applebloom came running into the house hopping up and down with joy.

"Granny look what Applejack helped me get for an early birthday present," She said showing off her cutie mark.

"Well I'll be a possom soaked in honey, you finally did it," She said in as proud of a tone as she could. "I see you have a new bow there too."

"Yeah, she got Rarity to make it just for me, isn't it great?"

"Alright Applebloom how about you go and show off your brand new cutie mark to Big Mac," Applejack said chuckling a bit from her little sister's excitement.

"Okay sis," Applebloom said as she excitingly ran off to find their brother.

Granny looked over at Applejack who was looking out the front door where Applebloom had just gone through with a smile that she had only seen with ponies that were in love. So it is true. Just as Applejack was about to head into the kitchen to get something to eat, she heard Granny speak to her.

"Not so fast there Applejack I need to talk to you about something," Granny said in a surprisingly angry but calm tone that startled Applejack a bit.

"What about Granny?" She asked curious but a bit fearful.

"How long?" She asked confusing Applejack.

"How long what? Since she got her cutie mark? Well she got it just about half an hour ago but-"

"I'm not talking about her cutie mark," Granny interrupted. "What I mean is how long have you been fooling around with her?"

"W-what do you mean?" Applejack asked having a small suspicion. There's no way that she knows about us. We haven't told anypony except for the others and they said that they wouldn't tell anypony.

"You know exactly what I mean. I may be old but I ain't blind. I've seen the way that you two always look at each other and your rainbow friend told me about it as well. So I'm going to ask again, how long have you two been going on like this?" She asked with clear disgust in her voice.

Applejack gulped nervously while cursing Rainbow Dash under her breath. This was it, the cat was out of the bag. "Th...three months."

"I'll admit that I'm impressed you managed to keep it a secret for so long but that doesn't make it any less disgusting and wrong."

Now Applejack was getting angry herself. "And what's wrong with two ponies loving each other?"

"Everything is wrong with it if they are both mares and especially if they're sisters. Plus Applebloom is only a small filly. Colts are meant to love mares and mares are meant to love colts. Ain't nothing else to it."

"And who's the one that decided that? Nopony chooses to fall in love with anypony especially a little filly. But I care about Applebloom more than anything in the whole world and nothing you say or do will ever change that," Applejack said now returning the glare Granny Smith was giving her. She thought she had seen a brief smirk on her face but ignored it as she heard Applebloom and Big Mac come in a couple minutes later.

"Granny, sis, what's going on?" Applebloom asked seeing the two still glaring at each other.

Without turning away Applejack as calmly as she could said, "Applebloom go up to your room."

"But why?" Applebloom asked confused.

"Trust me sis please just go up to your room."

Applebloom usually would have hated being treated like a kid by not being told when something was happening but she could tell that something serious was going on between her sister and her granny. Plus she didn't want to upset her sister so she quickly went to the stairs but stopped when she heard Granny call out to her.

"Applebloom stay downstairs. I don't think that you'll want to be away from your marefriend now would you?" Granny Smith asked causing Applebloom to freeze up in fear and Big Mac to gain a look of utter confusion.

"Applebloom has a marefriend?"

"That's right but not just any mare though, but our dear Applejack"

Big Mac looked back and forth between both of his sisters in confusion and a bit of disgust. "You two are..."

Applejack turned toward him with a glare still on her face. "Yes, we are. Is there a problem with that?"

"Look AJ... I'm sorry but you and Applebloom being together like this is just... wrong"

At this point Applebloom was trying her best to hide behind her sister now realizing what was happening. Both Big Mac and Granny Smith knew about her and Applejack and neither of them approved of them being together.

"Look AJ you can't do something like this. You know that ponies won't take kindly to something like this," Big Mac said trying to convince his sister that what she was doing was wrong.

"I don't care what either of you say but I love Applebloom more than anything in the world and I won't let you take her away from me," Applejack said.

"Then get out," Granny said. "I won't have any fillyfoolers on my farm."

"Granny I admit that what they're doing is wrong but you can't kick them off of the farm. This is their home just as much as it is yours and mine," Big Mac said a bit surprised by what Granny Smith was saying.

"Don't get your mane in a twist I'm not kicking them both out, only Applejack. Applebloom is just a little foal who is starting to grow into a teenager, she's just going through hormones. While Applejack on the other hoof should be able to control her emotions to not do something like this. She's brought shame and disgrace to the Apple family name and I won't let an abomination like this on my farm," Granny accused Applejack who stood her ground.

"No."

Everypony even Applejack was surprised to hear Applebloom speak up as she glared at her Granny.

"What did you just say to me?" Granny asked angrily.

"I said no. I'm not going through hormones, I love her just as much as she loves me and if you send her away then you have to send me with her."

For a moment Granny Smith simply glared at them both until she finally spoke with pure venom in her voice, "Then what are you two waiting for? Get the buck off of this farm and never come back."

"Granny you can't do this," Big Mac said.

"Darn tootin' I can do this, I am the owner of this farm aren't I? And I'm the eldest so what I say goes and I say that I want both of these two fillyfoolers off of my farm," Granny said giving the two sisters a look that could disinigrate them on the spot if looks could kill.

Applebloom felt a hoof turn her around and lead her outside of the barn. Once they were out of earshot Granny let out a pleased sigh while Big Mac looked over at her with dissapointment. "Did you really have to do that?"

"Yes I did, I'm not going to allow two fillyfoolers to be on this farm."

"What about what's best for the farm? I can't do everything all by myself, I'll need help."

"Don't worry, your marefriend Flutterfly said that she would help whenever she wasn't taking care of her animals."

"Her name is Fluttershy. And are you sure that she'll be able to help with apple bucking? No offense to her but she isn't the strongest pony."

"True but she is a resilient one that mare. I remember her helping us in that race we had against those no good cider sales ponies, so I'm sure she'll do fine."

"Alright then," Big Mac said as he started up to his room but not before looking back where his two sisters had left. "I'm sorry you two."

Once Applebloom and Applejack reached the edge of the farm, Applebloom's tears began to fall while Applejack was doing her best to comfort the poor filly as much as she could. "It'll be okay sugar, everything will turn out alright."

"Why was Granny mad at us? Is us loving each other really wrong like she said?" Applebloom asked tears still pouring from her eyes.

"Granny has always been raised in the old ways and I guess some things never change but don't listen to her alright? Loving somepony isn't wrong, it's like when you read a book. It might seem like a strange story from the cover and title but if you take the time to look at what's inside then you just might find something pretty wonderful. And I can't think of anything more wonderful then seeing you happy so can I please see that adorable smile of yours?" Applejack asked.

Applebloom whipped a few tears out of her eyes as best as she could and gave a small faltering smile that went away quickly. "Where are we going to go now?"

"We'll probably have to stay at someone's house until we can try and change Granny's mind about this, if we can. Want to stay over at Rarity's for now?" She asked hoping that Applebloom would at least like to be able to hang out with Sweetie Belle.

"Sure." Was the only response that she got which hurt her a bit.

"Applebloom trust me, everything will work out you'll see."

"How did she find out?" Applebloom asked curiously.

"Well she noticed how we looked at each other occasionally but always brushed it off as nothing. But what made her suspicions correct were when Rainbow Dash told her about us," AJ explained causing the filly to look upset.

"Rainbow told her?! But why would she do that?"

"I'm not sure but what I do know is that I will make things better for us, for you."

"Do you promise?"

"Pinkie Promise," Applejack said placing Applebloom on her back once again. "Now try to get some sleep alright? It's been a long day and you need your rest."

Applebloom simply nodded as she curled up and shut her eyes, drifting off to sleep. After close to half an hour Applejack finally reached the Boutique and knocked on the door several times. Once the door opened, Rarity looked at the two sisters in confusion, "Oh hello Applejack darling. Is everything alright? Why are you both here at such a late hour? Not to be rude but I was just about to get my beauty sleep before I heard you knock."

"Well we... we need a place to stay," Applejack said straight to the point. Rarity though confused said nothing as she let the two in noticing Applebloom's cutie mark.

"So I take it that was your idea for her then huh?" Rarity asked.

"Yeah, I had to demolish her clubhouse so that she could fix it though but I couldn't be more proud of her for it."

"I see, well I can say that I'm quite proud of her too. She finally figured out what her talent is. If only Sweetie Belle could do the same. Anyway why do you two need somewhere to stay?" Rarity asked confused.

"Well, Granny Smith found out about us thanks to Rainbow Dash and she didn't exactly have anything nice to say about it. We can't stay at the farm anymore."

"Well there isn't much room for you both but I can't turn away a friend who needs help. Are you sure that Rainbow Dash told her?"

"Granny even said it herself."

"Well don't worry about her, she really needs to grow up and stop being so immature. You two can stay here as long as you need to."

"Thanks Rarity."

"But of course dear. You'll both have to sleep in the guest room that is down the hall from my room for now but I'll try and talk some sense into both of them tomorrow."

"Rarity I've been wondering for a while now but, why is it that you don't care about me and Applebloom's relationship?" Applejack asked.

"Well I do have quite the similar situation considering I do have feelings for a baby dragon but all in all it is your choice not mine or anypony else's."

"So when are you planning on telling Spike? You already know that he loves you."

"I know but like you and Applebloom's relationship, not many ponies would approve of us. I am much older than him even by pony years and we are completely different species."

"I don't think anypony would really mind you two together, after all everyone knows how Spike feels about you and they act like its a normal thing," Applejack said.

"I guess you do have a point. What are you going to do about Granny and Rainbow?"

"I don't know yet but there has to be someway that I can change their minds."

"I'm sure that you'll figure out something. Now like I said earlier it is quite late and I desperately need my beauty sleep from such a long work day. Good night Applejack and I hope that things work out for both of you," Rarity said as she headed back up to her room with Applejack following behind.

Once inside the small guest room, Applejack carefully placed Applebloom underneath the covers of the bed. Just as she got into the bed herself she heard Applebloom whimper in her sleep with a few tears escaping her closed eyes. Applejack placed a protecting hoof around her little sister and pulled her close to her. I promise that I won't let you get hurt sugar. She gave Applebloom a quick peck on her cheek before shutting her eyes and drifting off into a deep sleep.

AN: .... Gosh dang it Rainbow, why are you doing this to them? Wait why am I asking that when I know? Hope you all enjoyed this chapter although I feel like something's missing in it, I don't really know how to explain it. Also if anyone saw any grammar errors please show them to me so that I can fix them. Thank you.