Broken Hearts Part 1: Entropy's Wrath

Applebloom was sitting in the CMC clubhouse observing Owlowiscious flying from the Everfree Forest, a scrap of notebook paper in his talon. Applebloom had been feeling like crap, however, this is the way she always had felt after getting her cutie mark. Applebloom began to despise her cutie mark the moment it appeared on her flank, a crab apple flower, a simple and flattering enough cutie mark but Applebloom hated it. It represented her creativity and her ability to help those in need, mainly her sister Applejack. A few years back Granny Smith had died from an illness that ran through the Apple family for generations, schizophrenia. Its hard to say Granny Smith commit suicide, especially when that wasn't entirely true, she had finally succumbed to one of the more violent and self destructive personas. Each Apple family member was said to pass on the illness as soon as they died and this was no different. Applejack, unlike Granny Smith who perceived different controlling selves, began hearing voices in her head shortly after Granny Smith's passing.

At first Applejack was entirely stable, able to ignore these voices and lead a normal life, but after a while the voices grew more aggressive and began to take hostile action against the apple bucking pony. After the voices targeted her and began torturing her, Applejack had several violent fits, once leaping out of her window and then proceeding to bite a chunk out if Big Mac's leg, and another where she screamed furiously then proceeded to buck Caramel Apple to death. The Apple family decided to shelter Applejack and keep ponies from knowing about her problem, it was up to Applebloom to take care of her, circumstantially giving her a cutie mark. The moment she got her cutie mark Applebloom knew she would be stuck caring for her sister the rest of her life. Under normal circumstances Applebloom would love taking care of her sister, they were sisters after all, but this was a different Applejack. Applejack constantly beat and yelled at Applebloom, saying the voices hate her, and that everyone hates her, Applebloom would always remain silent during her sister's fits, but she could not bottle up her feelings the way she wanted to, so she expressed them through anger and bitterness towards others.

Applebloom had lived a tough life from then on, not only did she care for Applejack but she also took up duties bucking apples with her older brother, as well as selling the apples and taking care of the wrest of the farm. Applebloom never spoke nicely to anybody, demeaning her friends and shunning the wrest of Ponyville for existing, she never intended to be this way she was just too frustrated. Having nothing better to do this day Applebloom had decided to find out where Owlowiscious was flying from, she wandered from the tree house and into the Everfree Forest. Applebloom, while wandering through the forest, began thinking about who she was. She wasn't the most attractive pony, but not ugly either, her hair had grown and she wore her bow a bit lower, in fact, besides the cowboy hat she looked just like her sister. Inside Applebloom was one of the nicest ponies there were, but all the hate and disapproval she received from her mentally ill sister was just too much to handle. The thing she hated most about the situation was that Applejack, the most honest and trustworthy pony there is, would just give up and let these voices tell her what's right and wrong. Applebloom became furious at the thought and was now stomping up to Zecora's hut.

When she entered the hut she immediately saw the strangled body of Zecora as well as her mutilated friends lying lifeless in each others hooves. Tears welled up in her eyes as she screamed at the top of her lungs, running over and beginning to smash the bodies of her deceased friends. "You guys left me! All alone! Why did you leave me! I can't handle this all by myself! What did I do to deserve this!" she cried as she slowly stopped beating the bodies collapsing on top of them and beginning to weep. "I never meant to push you guys away! I'm so sorry! Please come back! I said I was sorry! What can I do to bring you back?!" she said shaking the bodies of her two motionless friends. She then held the both of them tight, in her mind, she thought they might come back to her, they never did. After crying for a while Applebloom sat up and looked at her the bodies of her two friends, they were smiling, Applebloom had felt her heart jerk out of place at the sight, they were happy, she was not. She could no longer sit there and cry she wanted to be alone, so she ran off, back to her farm, the one place she could try to be alone.

Applebloom arrived at the farm and rushed to her room so she could let out her tears in peace. Big Mac had walked to her doorway moments later, Applebloom looked up, only to see an always present emotionless stare on the stallions face as he watched her cry. She yelled at him, "Quit looking at me you lucky bastard! At least you don't have to feel! You never have to feel!" She continued to cry and Big Mac gave an eerie smile in response, Applebloom could not help but feel that her brother got some sort of pleasure watching her cry. "That big dumb ass! He's almost as bad as Applejack!" she yelled in thought reminding herself that it was time to check up on her big sister. She screamed in her pillow a few more times before resolving to check up on her sister, only this time Applebloom had no intention on holding back her true feelings, this time she was gonna give Applejack what she deserved.

Applebloom approached her sister's bedroom door, which was now large and steel, with a slot at the bottom for food trays. Applebloom entered the room triggering lights on the ceiling to turn on, a magic a unicorn doctor had placed to turn on and off the lights when somepony entered and exited the room. The walls ceiling, and floor were lined with pillows and there was a single window which had been blackened and barred up. Applejack was standing in the corner, blankly staring at the wall, Applebloom began to approach her sister, her face growing from upset to frightened. Her sister was mumbling something incoherent at the wall then turned to look at Applebloom. "They made their decision." She said quietly, Applebloom almost unable to hear her. Applejack then turned revealing a large square chunk of fur missing, she then produced the piece from her mouth and gave it to Applebloom. When Applebloom looked at the dried piece of flesh she saw that it had a note to her written in blood on it. She then read it aloud.

"Dear Applebloom, We have decided that we need to move to another, we have been here too long. We decided to kill you as well as your sister. Why? Because we hate you, and all of your kind, but especially your sister and her friends. Our plans have already been set into motion and we're afraid all hope is lost for you, we enjoyed taking part in the destruction of your friends and we will enjoy the further destruction of your family. There is no room in the new world for your kind, and that fills us with much joy. Be glad you will not see the day your world is obliterated. Forever yours, The Elements of Entropy."

After she finished reading Applebloom's rage was rekindled as she began yelling at her sister who was now approaching her steadily. "Applejack! Why are ya so weak?! You should be able to fight 'em! You don't have to listen to 'em! Your stronger than that! Where's the strong Applejack I used to know!" Applebloom's accent was in and out now due to her anger and fear. Applejack then pinned her sister to the ground and with a look of confused sadness she replied, "I'm sorry Applebloom, but if I don't do what they say I'll be in big trouble and they'll hurt us worse than this. I won't and you won't go through that anymore, now be quiet and let me kill you, y'all know they don't like to be kept waiting." Applejack finished raising herself on her hind legs. "Applejack please wai..." is all Applebloom could get out before her sister began furiously stomping on her face. Hoof after hoof, Applejack wailed on her poor sisters head, it began to crack open and brain matter as well as bones began to embed themselves inside Applejack's hooves. After a few minutes Applejack finally stopped and looked down at the pile of blood and bone that once was Applebloom, "Thanks sis', now we can be happy." She then proceeded to remove the bow that held her sisters hair and continued towards the barred window.

After fastening the bow to her neck and one of the bars of the window, Applejack said to herself, "Y'all sure we can be happy after this right?" she then braced her hoover against the wall choking herself. Before suffocating she gave an extra hard shove towards the wall, forcing the bow to tare through her neck, severing her spinal column and allowing her body to fall limply to the ground while blood flowed out of what once was her neck. Slightly before dying Applejack gave a faint smile of relief and happiness, then allowed death to take hold. After most of the blood finished pouring out of Applejack the room went silent, the sound of hoof steps could be heard entering the still lit room. Big Mac viewed the gruesome scene, blood covering most of the room, his sisters lying there motionless. Big Mac became aroused and a possessed smile took hold of his face as he left the room, closing the door behind him, leaving the room entirely dark. A few moments later a strange magic enveloped the window until it disintegrated causing the lifeless head of Applejack to fall next to the body, Owlowiscious swooped in taking the flesh Applejack had left and vanished through the window, the room left brightened by the light of the afternoon sun.