My Past Is Complicated

I stepped into an orchard and picked one of the apples off the lowest branch I could reach. Buckets surrounded the trees that went on as far as I could see.

“Damn! We gotta up our game this season. Lot of apples to harvest!” I grumbled as I tossed the apple into. A fist connected to my jaw and I stumbled back into a full bucket and fell on my ass. “What the hell?”

I stared into the furious light purple eyes of me. She had green flakes in her eyes and her orange skin was mostly grey . Her orange hair had specks of blackish grey in it.

“Get up. I’m pissed at you!” She snapped or is it I snapped?

“Ah ain’t even sure what ya are!” I said as I stood up and dusted my jeans off. “Why did ya hit me?”

“Because ah’m hoping to knock sense into ya ass that’s why! Ah am the Element you once represented. Ah’ll give a few moments to think on that before ah hit you again,” she fumed and cracked her knuckles.

“Ah don’t understand,” I admitted. She swung and hit me in the jaw again. I staggered backwards till I was pressed against a tree.

“Do you think ah like doing this? This hurts me AJ! Ah don’t like having to hit ya girl trust me. Ah can’t think of any other way to help ya see the truth,” Honesty growled and tossed her hat aside, wiping a tear away. “Girl you betrayed everything around ya. You betrayed yourself damn it!”

“What is this even about?” I demanded as I rubbed my aching jaw.

“Sunset,” Honesty said simply as she punched me again. “You betrayed her. Simple as that. And you lied to her. You called her family. Your mom preached to you as a kid that family doesn’t turn it’s back on family.”

“Ah ain’t family with a snake in the grass! She hurt me too damnit! Do you think ah like this? If she had just admitted to being behind the account, ah would have taken her back in a heart beat! Ah don’t care if the others did but ah woulda!” I replied.

“You’re lucky ah know you’re telling the truth with that last bit. At least you would have done that for her,” Honesty admitted. “More than what you guys did for her. What would she gain from doing this AJ?”

“Ah don’t know. Ah can’t think of anyone else it could be. It ain’t Rares or any of us. If Trixie wasn’t jumping on board her train, ah would have guessed her. Even then this ain’t Trixs style. She never did anything like this to anyone.” Honesty gave me a flat look and wiped some blood off on her shirt.

“Seriously? So you automatically blame someone else? Have you guys ever stopped to think you helped make anon a miss? That you guys are partially to blame?” She asked pointedly.

“How would we be to blame? We ain’t airing everyone’s dirty laundry out for everyone to see!” I defended my self. I slumped down against the trees base. “Look. Ah don’t know what to tell yah but ah have nothing left to say. Ah don’t know what ya want from me!” Honesty gave a sigh and stood up.

“I tried. I’m sorry about this AJ. Hopefully the next bearer is more truthful with her self. Here’s some advice, keep a close eye on those around you. Observe everything,” her eyes turned completely purple as the last bits of green faded. Her hair turned black and skin became grey as the orange fell off. Almost like shell or something along those lines. She disappeared and I opened my eyes quickly, rubbing my eyes.

“What the hell was that?” I muttered to myself. Felt like a part of me left and wasn’t going to be coming back.

I gave a sigh as I pushed the applesauce around my plate before I dipped a biscuit into it. The door swung open and Apple Bloom stumbled.

“Hey big sis!” She beamed at me happily. “Ya ready to go watch some movies and hang out?” I gave her a grin and rubbed her head. Ever since this thing started, me and Bloom had been spending a lot more time together. I missed it honestly. Me and her usually do everything together but I kinda got caught up in other obligations.

“You betcha!” I announced as I accepted the cup of coffee she handed me. Most people called me weird, but I preferred my coffee black. Mainly Rainbow is the one who called me weird. She doesn’t even drink coffee that often. She prefers pop I think.

“Ah missed spending time with ya AJ,” Apple Bloom admitted as she bit into some toast sitting at the plate I had made for her. I usually make her breakfast before I make my own whenever I know she’s here in the house. If she’s at her friends or anywhere else, I’ll bring Granny or Big Mac breakfast. They used to do it for me all the time. “Are ya feeling alright? You seem pretty tired and out of it.”

“Ah missed you too Bloom. I’m just tired is all,” I admitted. “Ah had trouble sleeping last night. Ya know what ah mean. How you can’t get back to sleep no matter how hard you try?” That dream from last night was still driving me crazy. My jaw still hurt for some reason. What kind of dream makes me feel pain?

“More than you know. It sucks. Ah usually just count to a thousand and ah fall asleep around one hundred and forty seven!” Apple Bloom said proudly as I fixed the bow in her hair. “Ah didn’t even know ah could count that high! Pretty impressive, right?” I let out a long whistle and put my hat on.

“Got that right. Hurry up and eat your breakfast. It ain’t gonna eat itself. If ya hurry up, ah might even let ya drive us down the dirt road for a bit!” Of course I didn’t let her take the truck on the asphalt but dirt roads were fine for teaching her how to drive.

“Alright!”