The Applejack of My Eye

“What do you want Rainbow?” Applejack demanded the pegasus who tried to look as innocent as possible.

“Why so serious AJ? I’m just enjoying the fact that I was right. I told you that it was wrong that you two were together and now the whole town knows it as well.”

“Why do you hate it so much? What effect does me caring for my little sister have on you?”

“Many things; for a start, one of my best friends, the element of honesty, kept something like this a secret from us for three months. I simply made it so that you didn’t have to keep it a secret any longer. And as for the other reasons; I think I already told you, didn’t I? So am I really all that bad?”

“You are if you’re enjoying seeing a filly in pain.”

“Ah yes, that. Is it wrong for those who do terrible things get what they deserve, Applejack? Is it?”

“She hasn’t does anything to deserve this, you’re sick.”

“I’m sick? May I remind you of the one who’s dating their little sister? I’ll give you a hint; her name rhymes with Applesmack.”

For a moment, Applejack simply glared at the smug pegasus, keeping herself as calm as possible. “…Pinkie.”

“Yeah?” She asked uncertainly.

“Take Applebloom to Fluttershy and get that bruise patched up.”

“What are you gonna do?”

“Whatever it takes to keep her safe.”

Apparently Rainbow Dash thought this was funny as she started laughing manically. “Yes, have her leave. After all, you do want her to be as safe as possible don’t you? I guess having her out of your sights is the safest place,” She taunted still cackling.

It stopped the moment Applejack’s front hoof hit her face, causing her to fall back several yards, body sprawled out on the road. Rainbow Dash groaned as she sat up and rubbed her hoof to her mouth, wiping away the trickle of blood coming from her lip. “So that’s how it’s going to be.” With a quick flap, she soared straight for the farm pony. The two collided, becoming a ball of chaos, as they rolled around on the ground, punching, kicking, and slamming each other into the ground.

Applejack was able to get to her hooves first, as Rainbow Dash tried to rise, the earth pony mare charged for the cyan pegasus mare! Applejack lowered her head, striking Rainbow Dash in the side with a head-butt. Luckily Rainbow’s wing was raised up, so Applejack only struck her side and not her precious wing.

Rainbow Dash soon found it to be a bit of a mistake, feeling the air leave her lungs. Instead of fighting against it, and allowing herself to be T-boned, she rolled with it, absorbing it. This gave Rainbow Dash the momentum needed to roll to the left side of

Applejack, with a sadistic grin, the prismatic mare punched Applejack in the face.

The orange earth pony rolled on the ground for a few seconds. This time it was Applejack’s turn to wipe blood from her muzzle. The left side of her face throbbed with pain, making it hard to keep her left eye open and focused. Still, her eyes never left the image of the mare she once called friend. Applejack stood up, shakily, but she still rose up, staring daggers at Rainbow Dash. Rainbow Dash flapped her wings once again, propelling herself right towards Applejack. She could feel it, the adrenaline rushing through her veins, her rose colored eyes blazing with cruel pleasure. Dash prepared to slam her right hoof into Applejack’s face once again, full force. But that wasn’t the case.

Applejack didn’t make a move, not yet, waiting for the right moment, the perfect opening. The moment that Rainbow Dash came into range Applejack stood on her hind legs, hooking her left foreleg and effectively clotheslining the rainbow maned mare. The orange earth pony then brought Rainbow Dash forward, hitting her with a knee to the stomach, making her fall on the ground once again. “You’re predictable RD, I’ve seen all your moves.”

“Have you?” With a grin, Rainbow Dash shot and spun in a circle, hitting Applejack with her tail over and over. Applejack was thrown off balance by the assault, stumbling about from the multiple hits. Finally stopping, RD kicked Applejack in the face, sending the blonde maned pony back to the ground. “Predictable am I? Why don’t you just give up?”

Applejack tried to stand up but Rainbow simply stomped on her back, repeatedly, over and over again. Rainbow Dash stopped her assault for a moment, surveying her handy work. Applejack lied there in a heap, gasping and wheezing from the stomping blows of the pegasus, struggling to get back on her hooves.

“What’s the matter farm girl? I thought you wanted a fight. I wonder what your parents would think of you if they were alive. I doubt that they would be impressed or proud.” Her eyes seemed to give off a malicious aura, almost reveling in the mare’s pain.

“Er… this… ugh…”

“What’s that Applejack? I couldn’t hear you through your gasping breaths.” Rainbow Dash watched, curiously, as the earth pony mare started to rise up, shaking, but not with fear.

“This… is for Applebloom!!!” With a speed that matched Dash’s, Applejack elbowed the pegasus in the face! Rainbow Dash eyes went wide, pain surging through her as AJ’s elbow dug into her muzzle. The rainbow maned mare stumbled backwards on her hind legs, covering her face with her forehooves as she screamed in pain!

This was her chance; it was time to pay back her former friend! Applejack threw herself at Rainbow Dash, tackling her to the ground, and pinning both of Dash’s forelegs! Everything was in slow motion, Applejack’s emerald eyes burned with rage! The blonde maned mare began hitting Rainbow in the face without pause or rhythm, just rage, all of her rage! “This is for me!!” One hit across the left cheek, crimson blood flying from her mouth and nose. “For Applebloom!!” She threw another punch, harder than the last, across the right cheek, making even more blood fly out. Applejack paused for a brief second, looking over Rainbow’s face before she decided it wasn’t enough. “For everything else!!!”  Applejack raised both her forehooves overhead, ready to bring down like a hammer! One more blow, one more, then Applebloom and herself would be safe from her.

“Applejack stop,” Pinkie cried out just before Applejack could make impact to the pegasus who was now the one needing breath. With reluctance, she removed herself from Rainbow Dash who called out to her as she starting walking towards Applebloom.

“Is that all you’ve got? Get over here and finish this! I know you want to, I can feel your hate for me!”

“…No. You’re not worth the energy to hate.” With that she stood in front of Applebloom who hugged her instantly, tears falling down her face.

“How are you going to protect her?”

She looked back at the pegasus who was struggling to stay on her hooves. “You can’t keep her safe here, Applejack! You know that! I won’t stop until you’ve gotten what you deserve for being this sick! You don’t have what it takes to stop me, so how are you going to keep her safe?!”

She looked at Applebloom who looked back with soaked eyes, filled with pain and fear. She’s right; I promised that I wouldn’t let anything happen to her. And then she’s out of my sight for a few hours and this happens. If I stay here then Rainbow Dash will just keep hurting us. I have to keep Applebloom safe. Applejack continued on towards Fluttershy’s cottage much to Dash’s anger.

“You’re just walking away?! Come and finish this you coward!” She got no response. She turned to Pinkie Pie who looked at her sadly and followed after the two sisters. “You too?!” She tried to stretch her wings as much as possible but pain seared through her as the earth ponies continued walking. “Alright then…!” Ignoring the pain in her body, she glided forward as fast as she could, ready to take out Applejack. What she didn’t expect was for Pinkie to see and jump in the way, causing her to hit the party pony instead.

"Pinkie, are you okay?” Applejack leaned down next to her as she looked back with a weak smile.

“I’m fine.”

Turning to the pegasus with a pleading voice, “Please stop this Dashie, they’re happy together. Isn’t that enough? Don’t you want them to be happy?”

For a moment Rainbow looked like she was considering what Pinkie was telling her. “Alright Pinkie, I’ll stop.”

She sighed in relief before Rainbow added, “If you can answer of question of mine.”

“What?”

“You said I should support them because they’re happy; does that apply to anyone who does anything that makes them happy no matter what they’re doing? If a pony was happy for stealing from others, or kidnapping; should they be accepted just because they enjoy it?”

“…I…”

“That’s what I thought. So what makes these two so special that they can abide from this while others can’t? Just because they’re are friends? Sorry but that’s not how life goes. Now where was I? Ah yes,” Rainbow looked toward Applejack who was slowly backing away.

“What will it take for you to stop this? Whatever you want, I’ll do it, and you’ll leave us alone,” She offered.

“What do I want? I simply want to keep others from being in any way contaminated by your filthy ways. Even if that means that you leave Ponyville, I think that sounds fair, don’t you?”

Leave Ponyville? With one look at Applebloom, she knew what needed to be done. No matter what it takes, I have to make sure she stays safe. “And you’ll leave both of us alone?”

“Until my heart stops, I won’t harm a single hair in either of your manes,” Dash promised sincerely. “Pinkie Promise.”

“Applejack, are you sure about this?” Pinkie asked holding a hoof to her blackened eye.

“I need to keep her safe, and I can’t do that here, not anymore.” Applejack looked around now noticing the crowd that had formed. Had they seen everything? At least half of the town was standing in the street, looking between the two. Most were looking between them in conflict, unsure of whom they agreed with. Some looked at her with guilt and compassion while some looked at Rainbow with pride, happy that she was giving them what they deserved. Even the rest of her friends were now arriving with confusion and horror seeing the state of all four ponies.

“Oh goodness, what happened?” Fluttershy asked frightened to see her friends in pain.

“Nothing, just dishing out just desserts,” Rainbow said glaring at Applejack once again.

“Just desserts?” Twilight asked confused. “What do you mean by that?”

“Simple. I’m just giving these two freaks what they deserve for  their disgusting freaks.”

“You still can’t accept that they care about each other? Why are you so stubborn?” Rarity asked disappointed.

“Exactly, sisters aren’t supposed to like each other this way, especially when one of them is underage. You understand don’t you Twilight? You agree with me right?” She asked the librarian who surprisingly was glaring at her as much as Applejack was.

“No, I’m not.”

“What are you talking about? You said yourself that it wasn’t right yesterday.”

“And I still think it’s strange and different but so what? Being different doesn’t make someone a freak, it makes them unique. What would they gain from being like everyone else? Originals are worth a lot more than copies.””

“Have you all lost your minds? It’s disgusting, it isn’t right whatsoever.” Rainbow prepared to charge at the sisters once again but was stopped by a purple aura enveloping her and hitting her on the ground.

“Rainbow Dash, it isn’t our place to decide what they decide to do. If they want to be together, then let them. No matter how strange it is, they’re still the friends that we’ve come to know and care for. And if you can’t understand that maybe a few hits on the ground will convince you.”

Rainbow looked at the ground as Twilight spun her upside down. “…Fine.”

Smack.

“OW. I said fine.”

“And how do I know that you’ll accept them being happy and leaving them alone? And I expect you to give them an apology.”

Smack.

“OWWWW. I Pinkie Promise that I’ll never harm a single hair on them, happy?” She yelled out.

Satisfied, Twilight dropped the pegasus one more time. Rainbow glared at her in spite before getting smacked in the back of the head by Rarity. “Fine. I’m sorry.”

Fluttershy flew over to the bruised filly. “What happened? Did Rainbow do this to her?”

“No, I’m not sure who did this to her but they wouldn’t have if it weren’t for her.”

“It looks pretty bad; it might get infected if it doesn’t get treated soon. Let’s go to my house and get her fixed up.”

“Thanks Fluttershy.”

“Glad to help.”

Rarity and Fluttershy helped Pinkie and the two sisters to the cottage as Twilight stayed behind to be sure. “You won’t hurt them or try to break them up?”

“I won’t harm a single hair on either of them.”

“Which hair?” She asked seeing through the loophole.

“…Fine. I won’t hurt them in any way and I won’t try to break them up. Is that good enough for you?”

“Yes it is.” And with that Twilight followed the rest of her friends as Rainbow glared at them from behind.

“I won’t hurt them at all.”

A figure watched the scene with a smirk. “You really messed up this time, missy. She isn’t gonna be happy about this.”

“Don’t remind me,” Another figure said having joined the first.

“So what happened?” The first figure asked holding in a laugh but got a glare from the other.

“Don’t act like you didn’t watch it.”

“Watch what? You getting your flank kicked?”

“Exactly… Wait a minute,” The second figure realized as the first could no longer contain his laughter. Angrily, she kicked him in the stomach. “Like you would have done any better Scattershot.”

Scattershot sat up in pain but continued laughing. “How could I not laugh at that?”

“I can think of a few ways,” She threatened darkly.

Scattershot sobered up quickly as he asked his companion, “So now what? She won’t be very pleased that you failed.”

“You think that I don’t know that? She’ll probably scrape my face against the walls for weeks.”

“Can I watch while she does it?”

“I swear if I have to deal with this the whole way back, then you’re going to be missing your wings tomorrow,” She threatened once again.

“Alright, alright, sheesh. Why do you have to be such a killjoy?”

“Because some of us actually take our orders seriously, Scattershot.”

“Yeah, yeah. So what do you think he’ll say about this?”

The thought made her shudder. “I don’t want to imagine that. I probably won’t have a head to scrape against the wall.”

“…Can I watch?”

“Say one more word that insults me Scattershot, say one more word. I dare you.”

“Sorry,” Scattershot said. “Why’d I have to get paired up with the bossy girl?” He mumbled.

“What was that?”

“Nothing,” He said as he buzzed away followed by his companion.