Applejack is getting worried. His coltfriend, a talented Human engineer named Ashton "Ash" Casey has been acting strange lately. He's spending a lot of time at the scrapyard outside of Ponyville where he works, even outside of working hours. And even when he is home, he seems.....distant. Often muttering to himself, or jotting things down in a notebook he always carries with him. Applejack thinks it might be sleep-deprivation, but he can't shake the feeling that something else is going on. Ash seems to be working on some kind of project, which he calls "The Midland Experiment", but refuses to say anything else about it. Frustrated by his coltfriend's strange behavior, and obsession with his so-called "project", Applejack decides to go to the scrapyard late one afternoon to finally see for himself what's really going on, and when he sees it, all he can do is scream

WARNING!!! This story contains dark themes, horror elements, R63 Applejack (called "AJ" in the story), a scrapyard, a Human, a gay relationship, gay kissing, mentions of sex, partial nudity, and at least a few tense and frightening moments. Read at your own risk. Loosely inspired by "The Killdane Experiment", by "22Tesla"

This story also takes place in the same universe as "6 Old Gravel Cars", and "The Demon Line", but where it takes place in the Universe's timeline is left intentionally vague