Applejack Is An Interdimensional Alien

“Mom!” Blue yelled as he ran up to the glass, using a hoof to hit it. The mare looked in his direction, looking completely confused as the sliding doors opened, and gasped as the colt ran up to hug her legs. He used his cheek to rub against her fur as she stood there, looking completely shocked, Applejack smiling at the sight for a moment until she heard the next words out of her mouth.

“Who- who are you?” the mare asked, completely confused.

“Wh-wha? I- I’m me, mom!” he answered as he looked into her eyes. “You don’t remember me?”

“No?” she answered, causing a look of pain to put itself on the colt’s face. “I- I think you have me confused for somepony else?”

“What?” the colt got out as he backed up a bit, already almost on the verge of tears before Applejack trotted up and put a hoof on his shoulder.

“Maybe you should get back to the car, Blue,” Applejack offered as she motioned for him to head back before moving up to the mare and speaking to her.

“Uh, look,” AJ started, “Ah don’t know what’s goin’ on, or why ya left him all alone like that, but the poor thing really misses you. Ah ain’t here to judge y’all or nothin’, but-”

“Um,” the mare interrupted, “I- I don’t have any foal, so… do- do I know you?”

Those words earned a strange look from Applejack as she tried to piece together what she was saying. “Y’all don’t know him?” she asked. “He told me ya told him about what happened and said you could tell me stuff about how y’all got turned into ponies, and maybe what to do ta get it fixed?”

“What do you mean?” she asked as she raised an eyebrow, before continuing, “I’ve always been a pony.”

Applejack frowned at that, wondering if she was joking as she responded, “Ah don’t think ya have been. From what Ah hear, there aren’t any ponies here… err, there weren’t before. Ah heard y’all used to be some creature else? A human? And that y’all know what’s goin’ on here?”

The mare shook her head, responding, “I- I’ve always been a pony. I don’t know what you’re talking about. I don’t even know what a human is… is that- is that your colt?”

The earth pony stared at the mare completely confused. She opened her mouth to speak, before closing it again, not knowing what to ask. Both Angelina and Blue insisted they used to be people and that there weren’t any ponies before, but here was this mare saying she’d always been a pony, and saying it as though it was a matter of fact. It sounded so true and convincing and simple that she was ready to believe it, if not for her eyes straying to her flank.

“Say, miss, what’s yer name?” AJ asked casually, taking a step closer and bending her head down.

“It’s uh… it’s… I- I don’t… for some reason, I can’t remember. It’s on the tip of my tongue though…”

“Hmmm, and I see y’all don’t have a cutie mark. Any reason fer that?”

“I- I don’t?” she asked, sounding surprised as she looked at her flank, noting that, sure enough, it was noticeably blank. “I should’ve gotten one by now, I think…”

“Yeah, yer a bit old to be goin’ without one,” the apple farmer commented.

“It’s so strange,” the mare continued as she twirled in a circle, examining both sides of her flank. “How do I not have one?”

“It is mighty strange, Ah hafta say” Applejack agreed. “Maybe you should come with me and we can try and find out why?” The mare simply shrugged her shoulders, agreeing immediately, much to the former's satisfaction.

“This is what Twilight would do, isn’t it?” she wondered as the two walked back to the car. “Try and find out why these ponies think they’re ponies? Or maybe they think they’re humans… no, that doesn’t make sense because they don’t have cutie marks… ugh, even Rarity is better suited to all this investigatin' business than Ah am… where are they? I hope they’re tryin’ ta get to me now ta help me out here…”

As the two of them got back, she saw the car still vibrating where it was parked, indicating that it was still running, seeing the pegasus still sitting inside idly, looking out the window with a hoof on her chin. It was then that she realized that she left her alone with the vehicle, and wiped a nonexistent bead of sweat off her forehead, thankful that the mare hadn’t driven off with it on her own. Despite trying to hurt her before, she was glad that at least this mare was honest.

“M-mom?” Blue asked as the door opened and Applejack pointed to a seat for the mare to sit, the fur around his eyes now visibly wet. The mare thought nothing of it as she sat down next to him, flinching a bit as he placed his head on her legs.

“Are ya sure this is the right pony?” Applejack asked Blue, getting a nod in response from him.

“It looks exactly like her,” he explained tearfully, his eyes now closed.

“Oh, well, um, you probably have me confused for somepony else,” the mare said as she patted his mane uncomfortably. “I don’t have any foals.”

“She might be right. Are ya sure we don’t have her confused for somepony else?” AJ asked again. "We can do some more lookin’ around just to be sure if you wanna.”

“She said she would be there…” Blue responded as he pointed to the building, his voice cracking as he rubbed his cheek on her leg. “She said she would be here, and then come back… I don't know where else she would go...”

“Hmm… well maybe she's… I don’t know…” the earth pony trailed off, unable to think of any explanation.

“I told you some of these people lost their memories,” Angelina jumped in. “Nobody uses the word ‘foal’ or ‘somepony’ like you do. They lost their memories.”

“Oh, yeah, ya did say that… did she remember who ya were before she left?” Applejack asked.

The colt nodded, before adding, “I mean, I think so. She did forget some things though, like how old I am and my name… and I forgot my name, too… I think I did anyway…”

“Hmmmm… y’all three stay here,” Applejack instructed as she closed the car door again, trotting off back to the store again as she got an idea. "Ah’m gonna take a quick look around this place. Ah wanna see it for myself."