A Failure of a Story that I'm not deleting merely for future motivation.

Applejack, like Pinkie Pie, hadn't fared well over the last 10 years. Numerous valuable things (both money-wise and sentimentally) had been snatched from Applejack. The first thing to fall was Granny Smith: just a year and a half past the mane six's dispersions, old age had overcome poor Granny Smith and she had departed life peacefully.

Next, there was Big Macintosh's exit. He was known across all of Ponyville for being universally strong and resilient, especially towards the work-related side of things at Sweet Apple Acres. However, after a particularly successful year of apple growth, Big Mac pushed himself too hard. It was well known that he was an aging colt, but no-one expected the disastrous outcome of a slight work overload to end so severely: Big Mac never did recover, his condition just declined until he passed away.

Applejack and Apple Bloom were left distraught. In such a minuscule space of time, they had lost their only two authentic family members: all they had now was each other. Sweet Apple Acres was not supportable with just the two of them, so Applejack subsequently sold it and purchased a small cottage on the outskirts of Manehattan for the two of them to live in.

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Applejack never budged from that cottage. On the other hand, Apple Bloom gained in age and reached a point in life where independence and curiosity took over: she left the cottage but failed to return, causing Applejack more worry within her already troubled life.

Currently, Applejack is still unaware of Apple Bloom's exact location. She continues to live in the abandoned cottage and stands by her life morals about honesty. No-one had come to help when Applejack was in desperate need of it, so as far as she was concerned, helping others was out of the question.