Applejack Is An Interdimensional Alien

Somehow, Applejack was able to regain her senses quickly, bouncing back up almost instantly and running towards the mare. She ignored the pain in her side as she chased her, the pegasus dropping the thing she had in her mouth in fear and heading towards the car. The earth pony didn’t know what happened, but if she had to guess, just based on what the mare said yesterday, she wanted to see Applejack dead, and tried to take the opportunity to do so, not that the former knew how.

The pegasus was able to open the car door and watched the colt scramble to the other side, trying to get in and switch the gears of the still-running vehicle before she felt a powerful kick to her side, one that knocked the wind out of her. Because of it, she wasn’t able to resist the Element of Honesty’s hooves from dragging her out and back into the melting snow in the road.

As she was placed on her back, she saw the absolutely enraged expression the pony wore and froze up, staring her right in the eyes, threatening to faint again as she made out the cutie mark on her flank in the corners of her sight. Clearly, she wasn’t a very good aim, because the bullet she sent her way only grazed her side. She knew that this would be it for her because of that.

“Tell me what’s goin’ on right now!” Applejack screamed loudly as spittle hit the mare’s face. “Why are y’all out here shootin’ things at me? What did Ah do ta you?” The mare’s teeth were chatting noisily as AJ growled at her, towering over the mare as she stared her down, her hooves keeping her pinned.

“I- I- I-” she got out shakily as she shivered, “I- d-d-di-didn’t m-mean-”

“Yes, ya did!” the earth pony snapped. “There ain’t no way ya didn’t mean ta try and hit me like that! Y’all were plannin’ on killing me, weren’t you?”

“I- I wasn’t-” she tried to lie, only to be interrupted.

“You were! Tell me why right now! I know ya know what’s goin’ on here!”

Hey, Applejack, can I talk to you?” Twilight asked her friend the morning after. The two were on her farm as the alicorn watched her buck apples into a bucket. Or, at least, she attempted to. She looked like she was having trouble, giving the tree a few kicks to no effect.

“Actually, are you okay?” the purple pony continued, unsure. “You look like you’re having a little trouble there…”

“What, this?” Applejack asked before grunting as she kicked the tree again. “Ah’m right as rain. Don’t know why these apples ain’t comin’ down though…” She gave another kick, this one sending her to the ground on her stomach before she admitted, “Okay, Ah might be havin’ a bit of trouble.”

“What’s going on?” Twilight asked carefully, remembering what Celestia told her. The princess said to be on the lookout for something strange with Applejack, and this certainly was strange, at least to Twilight. In the entire time she’d known her, she couldn’t recall once when her friend was unable to buck apples. She was the strongest pony she knew, and the fact that she was unable to now set off alarm bells in her head.

“Ah don’t know. My legs don’t feel right… Ah hope Ah’m not gettin’ sick. Ah need to get this field cleared this week.”

“I think we should get you over to the doctor,” Twilight told her, suddenly teleporting both of them into the waiting room, taking a few minutes to explain what was going on to the receptionist and being told that AJ would be seen in a few minutes as the two were walked to a room..

“Ah hope everything’s alright…” the mare said worriedly. “We can’t afford ta have me lollygagging around without my legs for Celestia knows how long… Ah don't feel that weak, but somethin' ain't right if Ah can't get apples out of them trees...”

“I actually wanted to ask about that,” Twilight said, figuring now would be as good a time as any to put it out there. “Celestia told me that she was worried about you, too, that you were… ummm…”

“Oh, Ah hope Ah didn’t make her mad,” AJ started, sounding concerned. “It was just a little joke. Ah didn’t think it would hurt anypony.”

“No, she wasn’t mad, she just thought you were acting weirdly. She told me to ask about where you got the idea for that joke, and that place you mentioned.”

“What, Earth?” she asked, slightly confused. “Ah just came up with that myself. Ah figured to come up with a place called Earth, seein’ as Ah’m a earth pony and all…”

“Oh, okay, yeah, that makes sense,” Twilight decided. “She was just confused is all. She told me there was an actual place called Earth and that earth ponies used to be called horses.”

“Ah heard somethin’ like that, about earth ponies being called horses, Ah mean,” she said. Then she chuckled to herself, continuing, “That's a real place then? Ah can’t believe Ah made up someplace that already exists. That’s kinda crazy, right, Twi?”

She chuckled back, relaxing some and responding, “A little bit, yeah. It was a really good joke, I have to admit.”

“Wasn’t expecting the princess ta prank me back though, Ah have ta admit.”

The two shared a laugh at that as they watched the nurse make her way into the room, examining the mare and diagnosing her with a slight illness, and explaining that it was the reason she was a bit weaker than usual this morning, continuing that she should be back to normal by tomorrow morning. As she did so, Twilight made sure to keep to herself that Celestia told her to watch her for anything strange. Not that she was really sure why. As far as she was concerned, this was just plain old Applejack, and any strangeness lately seemed like they had reasonable explanations. However, Celestia was the princess, and she probably knew what was best. Although it was good that Celestia herself didn’t seem too concerned as well, she figured. It seemed to Twilight like her mentor was just being cautious in the face of her joke, not that she herself wouldn’t either had she not seen right through what was obviously an outrageous prank.

“Can you imagine if Applejack were actually an alien?” Twilight chuckled silently to herself, shaking her head slightly. “Although I did tell Princess Celestia I would watch her. Oh, I should get started on finding out more about that Earth place she wanted to know about…”