Applejack Is An Interdimensional Alien

Twilight blinked at the empty throne as Apple Bloom, Big Mac, and Granny Smith took trays and things back to the kitchen.

“What- where did Princess Celestia go?” she asked, slightly concerned, holding the notes that she took in her hooves. “Where’s Applejack?”

“Ahunno,” Apple Bloom responded with a shrug. “The princess ran off after we gave her some food, and sis said she had ta go do somethin’ important and ta clean up while she was gone.”

“Oh no,” was all the mare was able to get out before she quickly ran off, not waiting for an explanation. She didn’t know what was happening, but whatever it was, it couldn’t be good.

“We should have known better than to let one of us be alone with her,” Twilight thought as she ran through the halls, scanning her surroundings to see if she spotted the princess. “We should’ve both been with her the whole time. This is not good.”

Eventually, she found herself in the princess’s bedroom, watching as Celestia and Applejack chatted idly. They even had tea cups laid out in front of them, smiling as though they were old friends. She blinked at the sight of it, staring silently at the scene before both the alicorn and earth pony turned toward her.

“Oh, hello Twilight,” the alicorn smiled, as though nothing about the scene was out of place. “Did you want to join Applejack and I for tea?”

“Ah, no,” she replied, backing away slowly, worried about what was happening. “Are you okay, Princess?” she asked, not exactly afraid but still very anxious about the scene in front of her. “Applejack? You both are acting very strangely. Weren’t you worried about her before?”

“Yes, I was,” she explained, “but I see no cause for suspicion anymore. The two of us were just having tea to go through and work through exactly what was going on with her. Isn’t that right, Applejack?”

“Right as rain, Princess!” the mare responded happily. "Ah'm surprised you'd even think that Ah'd try and hurt y'all, but Ah think we got this all under wraps."

"Quite right, Applejack," the alicorn agreed as she took a sip from her cup. "I'm glad we had this chat. Perhaps you care to join us, Twilight? It's a very good explanation that the mare has for us."

“Well, I have… actually, nevermind. I trust you princess,” Twilight agreed, knowing better than to disagree right now with how the two were acting, which in her opinion was far too normal. “I’m glad everything worked out,” she continued, faking a smile. “I’ll see you later, AJ,” she waved before teleporting away back to the library.

“Oh, fetlocks, fetlocks, fetlocks,” she thought to herself as she paced around the lonely room. “What the heck do we do? Fetlocks. Umm…”

Princess Luna. She needed to see Princess Luna. And maybe her step sister, Princess Cadance, too. She didn’t know what happened to Princess Celestia between the time she left and when she came back, but she didn’t like seeing it, and didn't know if it was okay to be near them.

“Maybe it’s nothing though,” Twilight started, unable to stop the doubt from creeping into her mind. “It’s more than likely nothing. Just two ponies getting along…”

She forced herself to shake that thought away. She couldn’t let that thinking infest her head. She needed to see what she could do right now, and what she could do was see Princess Luna.

Before long, Applejack, carrying Happy Hoof, had ended up in Ponyville, making her way to Ponyville General. She walked in casually, the receptionist taking one look at her before rushing up.

“What happened to you?” she asked in surprise. “You’re all cut up, and that wound in your side looks like a magical strike from a powerful unicorn! And what happened to him?” She looked back to call to her doctors, the receptionist starting to push the mare back to the examination rooms before stopping her.

“Ah don’t need anypony ta look me over,” she declared as she carefully set the stallion on the ground. “Ah need y’all ta look at my friend here.”

“What happened to him?” a nurse asked as she came up to check his vitals, using her stethoscope to listen to his lungs and heart. “Was it the same unicorn that attacked you? His magic level looks like it’s overloaded, like somepony just shot him full of it. Doctor!”

“He was complainin' about magic and how the air was thick, but Ah have a more important question right now. Do y’all have any way ta send messages?” the mare asked, her eyes tired. “Ah need ta send somethin’ to Twilight Sparkle right away.”

“We do, but you’re not in any shape to send anything to anypony, miss Apple-”

“Ah’m fine,” she assured them. “Just a little bit nicked up here and there. Sendin’ a message ta her is more important than a few scratches.”

“With all due respect, your back is covered in wounds and a piece of your side a third the size of your hoof is missing. You can’t walk around like that. We have to get you to the back and treat you.”

“Ah need ta talk to my friend,” AJ insisted, following the nurse as Happy Hoof was lifted up. “This is more important than how I look.”

“I understand that you’re one of the Element Bearers, Applejack, but we can’t let you leave here looking how you do. We’ll let you send her a message as soon as we fix you and your friend up.”

The earth pony couldn’t help but roll her eyes. “It’s always somethin’ else, ain’t it?”