My Little Pony: Reversed Roles

"Phew...I don't know if I could've handled this all by myself without you all helping me out." Buttercup said to her friends who had helped her with Applebucking season.

"Apple Smith did allow us to help as she was sick and Bright Mac was injured." Luna said.

"Yeah. I'd hate to think of someone who would be so dumb as to try and harvest this whole orchard by themselves." Spitfire said.

"Well...there is one pony that comes to mind from my family tree, she's referred to as Great Jack." Buttercup said.

"Do you have some sort of picture?" Celestia asked.

"Nope. There's never been any recorded picture of Great Jack. It's said that she had a brother named Big Mac who got injured and tried to harvest the entire orchard by herself. That is until it's said Princess Twilight got Great Jack to see things straight. But all of this is just a giant myth. There's no way to tell if it's true." Buttercup said.

"...Philomena, be ready." Celestia said and wrote a letter to her teacher before Philomena burned it.

"Um...what did you just do?" Cookie Crumbles asked. Suddenly a scroll magically appeared; it had Princess Twilight's noticeable royal mark on it.

"Oh, I get it; that's how you and Princess Twilight send each other mail." Chiffon Swirls said.

My faithful student Celestia,

I can one hundred percent confirm that the myth is a reality, and have sent someone to Sweet Apple Acres who will be glad to confirm the myth further. It's someone whose very familiar with the mare who became known as Great Jack.

Your teacher, Princess Twilight

"Someone who knows Great Jack is coming?!" Buttercup asked. "Oh I wonder if they'll enjoy some Apple Pie! I better go make one." She said and got started on just that.

Applejack smiled as her train arrived in Ponyville.

"Sweet Apple Acres...it's nice to know the old place is still standin' to this day." Applejack said. "Ah ah remember all the good times ah've had 'ere. Memories." She said as she headed towards Sweet Apple Acres. Soon, Applejack arrived on Sweet Apple Acres.

"Applejack of the high court?!" Celestia said, recognizing Applejack right away.

"You know her? Wait, don't answer that, briefly forgot: You knew four of the five high court members personally." Spitfire said.

"Didn't expect a farm pony on the high court, did ya?" Applejack asked. "Ya remind me of RD; another high court member and a personal friend of mine." She added. Buttercup soon came out with an apple pie.

"Wow...you look like your from the farm life like ah am." Buttercup said.

"That's because ah still am part of the farm community, even if ah don't live here anymore. How little everything changes in one hundred years..." Applejack said, looking up at the farm at the end.

"One hundred years?" Buttercup asked.

"Now what's going on out..." Apple Smith said before suddenly blinking at the sight of Applejack and briefly smacked herself.

"Oh! Hello Apple Smith." Applejack waved to Apple Smith.

"Grandma!" Apple Smith said before she ran over to Applejack and glomped her.

"Ooof! My how you've grown." Applejack said, being tackled to the ground.

"Ah've missed you lots Grandma!" Anny Smith said.

"Not as much as ah've missed you Anny." Applejack said.

"Mrs. Apple Smith...you know Applejack of the High Court?" Buttercup asked.

"But of course I do! She's my grandma!" Anny Smith said.

"Applejack is your grandma? Wait...then that means..." Celestia said and then her jaw dropped. "...Holy Great Jack!" She added.

"Sis, what's wrong?" Luna asked.

"I...I think we have a confirmed visual on Great Jack..." Celestia said.

"Ah don't get it." Buttercup said.

"Applejack and Great Jack are one and the same." Celestia said. Applejack laughed and ruffled Celestia's mane.

"Ya hit the nail on the head there. No wonder Twilight made ya her student." Applejack said. Now it was every pony else's jaw's turn to drop. Minus Apple Smith's jaw.

"We had to remove every instance of Applejack's face because Great Jack here was a high council member. It would make her a target if word got out." Apple Smith said. "Not to mention me..." She added.

"So...that would make you Bright Mac's great grandmother..." Buttercup said. "Ah am honored to meet you, oh Great Jack!" She said bowing. Applejack laughed and made Buttercup stop bowing before her.

"No need to stand on ceremony with me, ya hear? Your going to be part of the family soon, and I honestly can't wait." Applejack said.

"But then...how'd the one hundred year thing happen? Wait...Princess Twilight..." Celestia Realized.

"Yep. I along with my five best friends from Ponyville were synched to Princess Twilight after we helped her form the High Coincil. Now, we'll live for a lot longer then normal." Applejack said.

"That's right. From what I've read, Alicorns have a life span of 5,000 years and Princess Twilight's got to be somewhere in the middle by now." Luna said.

"Ya got that right sugercube. Now then, ah believe ah'll hang out here for a few days. It's been a hundred years since I've last seen the place. I can't wait to see my great grandson." Applejack said. Celestia smiled as she looked at applejack.

Dear Princess Twilight Sparkle,

We all like to believe that family and friends are two separate things, but today I learned that the two don't have to be mutually exclusive. With Buttercup being Bright Mac's fiance, the fact that they'd be related soon didn't stop Applejack AKA Great Jack from becoming Buttercup's friend.

It goes to show that even your own family relatives can be your friends, because if they aren't, I shudder to think of the alternative. And frankly, I hope I never have to know what the alternative is.

Your Faithful Student, Celestia.

Princess Twilight smiled as she put the letter aside in a pile labeled "friendship studies".

"Even a thousand years later, your still the same organization happy mare you were when I went all crazy." Princess Sunset said.

"As they say, the more things change, the more they stay the same." Princess Twilight said.