Author's Note

Warning:
The following chapter contains non-sexual spanking of a minor, read at your own risk.

Shattered bonds, Mended Hearts

“We need to talk.” Applejack asserted, sternly.

Apple Bloom, who was sitting on her bed now slightly shaking, put her phone down on her lap as she saw that AJ was NOT playing with her.

Applejack came over and sat beside her younger sister.

“Are you Anon A Miss?” AJ straight up interrogated, already knowing the answer but giving Apple Bloom a chance to redeem herself by being honest.

Apple Bloom stayed quiet for a moment, she stared into her lap, shaking.

With a couple seconds of silence and a deep breath, she finally spoke.

“You promise you won’t get mad?”

“I can’t promise anything,” AJ replied, softly but assertively. “It depends on how honest you are.”

And with that, Apple Bloom took one large breath.

“MeandSweetieBellewerejealousbecauseyouandyourfriendsspentsomuchtimeonSunsetShimmerandyoudidn’tcaremuchaboutussoImadeaMyStableaccountandiexposedyournicknametoeveryoneandframeSunsetthenItoldSweetieBelleandScootalooaboutitandSweetieBellehackedintoSunsetsphoneandgotallthevideosandphotosfromthesleepoverwhileyouguysweresleepingandpostedthemonAnonAMisssoyouguyswouldstopbeingfriendswithSunsetandpaymoreattentiontousbutthenwefeltbadbutkeptgoingandim so so sorryyyyyyy!!!”

Applejack could barely comprehend what was just said, but it seemed as if her younger sister had spilled the truth.

“You know, ah’m real proud that you decided to tell the truth, it takes a lot of courage to do so.” AJ conveyed as she put a hand on Apple Bloom's shoulder.

“But ya also know that I’m still really hurt, this means that my girl friends and I just dumped Sunset for no reason.” AJ added while shamefully looking away from her sister's gaze removing the hand from her shoulder then crossed her arms.

The two sat quietly, not facing each other.

“Yer not gonna tell Granny… Are ya?” Apple Bloom nervously said, her voice slowly starting to quiver as she faced her older sister.

“Ah’m afraid I have to Apple Bloom, what you did was really bad and I’m disappointed in you”

Apple Bloom felt her stomach doing backflips, this was the first time her sister had been disappointed in her. She turned away in shame from AJ’s heart wrenching, disappointing, stern look.

“Please.. Don’t tell Granny! She’ll whoop me so bad ah won’t be able to sit for years!” Apple Bloom pleaded.

“I’m sorry Apple Bloom, but my mind has been made up. Either ah tell Granny, or you can.” AJ sternly insisted. “If by tomorrow night she isn’t notified, ah’ll tell her, in full detail too.”

Apple Bloom tried desperately pleading with her big sister but soon realised that she was not budging one inch. She then took in that once she let out the truth, her fate was sealed.

“I also expect you and your friends to confess to Principal Celestia, I guess she’s not going to be happy, and you guys probably won't leave with just a slap on the wrist.” AJ suggested.

“Don’t forget Sunset too, you left her very hurt.” AJ also added. Apple Bloom looked down and her now fidgeting hands.

“Sunset deserves the biggest apology of all. What you did was ruthless and if you felt left out, you could’ve told me.”

Apple Bloom was now fighting tears.

“Listen here sugarcube, once you admit the truth, it’ll be as if a huge chunk of weight lifted off your shoulders. Sure you’ll get a couple spankins’, scoldins’, but mah point being, do you really want to watch everyone you know and love get hurt by your decisions?”

This question left Apple Bloom in an immense pool of guilt, she and her friend’s saw the physical altercations and emotional damage made and left by Apple Bloom's dumb decisions.

It was all supposed to be some little scheme for Applejack and her friends to leave Sunset, but now it’s gone too far.

And with that, AJ stood up, gave her little sister a reassuring nod before leaving the room and closing the door, leaving Apple Bloom in a deep thought.

The next morning was tense, Apple Bloom had barely had a wink of sleep as she knew tomorrow was the day she had to confess. She knew she only had a few hours before she had to confess her crimes, might as well confess now to get a lighter punishment.

The girls completed their usual school morning routine and left to go walk to school. Once they arrived, separated as their lockers were on different floors, AJ gave her sister a thumbs up before leaving to her friends.

As Apple Bloom was at her locker, she suddenly jumped as her little miscreant friends pounced on her gently, yelling a loud “BOO!”

Feeling slightly unfazed, her friends looked at each other then looked at Apple Bloom.

“I confessed the whole Anon A Miss account to Applejack..”

The group of girls let out a huge gasp as they each took out their phones to go on MyStable.

“And ah deleted the profile,” Apple Bloom mumbled as the girls slowly lowered their phones upon hearing this. “Ah’m so sorry I brought you all into this mess.”

“Apple Bloom, this isn’t only your mess, I also wanted to take part in it.” Sweetie Belle comforted putting her arm around.

“Yeah! If you’re getting in trouble, so am I!” Scootaloo added.

Realising how lucky she is to have such friends, she put on a brave face and fixed her slumped posture.

“Applejack says we should confess to Principal Celestia, I figured if I did, our consequences wouldn’t be so bad.”

The other two juveniles gave an agreeing nod as they began their walk to the principal's office.

Moments after, they left the office, one of them still sniffling with dried tear streaks on her face.

“Sweetie Belle, it’s only a 6 months of after school detention, it’s not like we got suspended or expelled.” Scootaloo remarked as she put an arm around Sweetie.

Sweetie sniffed quietly then put on a warm smile.

“Yeah, It’s just that she sounded so disappointed at us, I couldn’t help but tear up..”

“You’re right. She was so stern and it seemed as if she didn’t want to look at us.” Apple Bloom added, softly. “Glad to know that she still forgave us at the end.”

And with that opening statement, the three girls had just realised how long they were in the principal's office for as the bell went for hometime.

Principal Celestia had mentioned calling their guardians to report to them about the misdemeanour the girls were in, so they braced themselves for when they arrived home.

The walk home was filled with nervous chatter from the girls. It soon abruptly stopped as the three had to walk their separate ways, all of them bidding farewell and good luck, Apple Bloom needed it.

She watched the scenery, each passing with a trembling step. She didn’t need to tell Granny as Principal Celestia had already called to inform her. Silence reigned from the young girl as she grew increasingly worried of the multiple scenarios that played in her head. She shuddered at every thought.

At last what felt like an eternity, she had arrived home. She was nervous to bump into Granny on her way to her room so she had to devise a plan.

She was gonna climb up her window into her room so that she wouldn’t be caught by her grandmother.

The plan went successful at the start as she found a tall ladder leading up to her bedroom window which was strangely open, though she didn’t think much of it as she had bigger things to worry about.

As she climbed the ladder to her window, her stomach dropped at the sight that was presented in front of her. Granny was in her room, sitting on her granddaughters bed, giving Apple Bloom the stare that basically read: “I was expecting you”

Apparently, Apple Bloom had made such a mistake, walking past the big window that was placed on the wall from the kitchen, allowing Granny to watch her walk to the side of the house as she grabbed a ladder from the shed. Thus, giving her enough time to surprise her in her very own bedroom.

Apple Bloom almost fell off the ladder at the sight of her grandmother, but luckily she caught herself.

She got through the window shamefully and then shut it close, trying to avoid her grandma's stare.

“Apple Bloom, sit by me for a moment.” She commanded in a soft tone.

Apple Bloom obeyed, thinking Granny would go lighter on her punishment if she did as she hopped on the bed, to Granny’s right side.

“Look, Granny.. Ah’m so sorry, it was a stupid idea.”

She was now fighting back tears.

“Child,” Granny rubbed her emotionally unstable granddaughter's back. “Why in tarnation didn’t you tell me? You should know better than to keep stuff from me.”

Apple Bloom slowly started to calm down due to her grandmother's caring nature.

“Ah was too scared, I thought you would’ve been really mad at me and given me a spanking.”

Granny Smith looked fixedly at Apple Bloom.

“Yer darn right ah’ll give you a lickin’! What you did child was mighty wrong, also not to mention illegal.”

Apple Bloom’s heart dropped when she heard that last word. She didn’t mean for it to be illegal.

Granny, now noticing the shocked expression on her face, reassured her that Principal Celestia and the other victims weren't going to drop any charges.

Subsequently, Granny got up and left towards the door, turning back to look at her granddaughter's face.

“Ah’ll call you over to the living room in a couple of hours, use this time to think about what you did wrong.” She sternly mentioned before closing the door.

Apple Bloom, calmed with the realisation that if she was gonna get her hide tanned, she would wanna get it from someone who cares deeply about her, this thought made her smile a bit.

After two or three hours of dreaded waiting, she heard her name being called from downstairs, causing her blood to run cold.

She came down the stairs into the living room and stopped dead in her tracks.

There sitting down in the living room, Applejack, Granny, surprisingly Sweetie and Scoots and the person sitting next to Applejack on a couch was.. Sunset herself.

Immediately her face turned beet red in shame, and so she hung her head low, avoiding contact with the person she hurt the most.

Granny, who was sitting on a wooden chair from the dining room with a menacing looking paddle in her right hand.

Realising that she was going to be spanked in front of them, she pleaded and begged her grandmother to spare her the humiliation and to let her receive her punishment in private, but the pudgy woman refused to nudge. Apple Bloom, accepting her fate, decided to just let this unpleasantness over with as she noticed Granny was getting more sour.

“Apple Bloom, before we start, do ya have anything to say to Sunset?” Granny Smith asked, pointing the paddle toward Sunset.

Apple Bloom had prepared this apology during her time in her bedroom, not actually knowing she would be forced to use it now.

“Uh, yes,” The young girl took a deep breath. “Ah’m so sorry Sunset for making it seem as if you were Anon A Miss, it was very cruel and ah’m very sorry.”

Sunset’s eyes widened slightly and she gave a heart warming smile.

“I forgive you, Apple Bloom, thanks for the apology.”

Granny nodded in approval as she then softly held onto her granddaughter's hand, drawing Apple Bloom in closer, standing in front of her.

Apple Bloom knew what was to come as she could feel Grannys hands undo the younger girl's belt then proceed to pull her pants down toward her knees as she let out a small, quiet whimper.

The poor girl was now being guided into position, Granny had used her left arm to wrap around her waist so that she couldn’t squirm or fall off.

“Ah want you to think to yerself, what landed you in this undignified position, over my lap?”

And with that query, Granny brought up the paddle and aimed it at the young girl's bottom, suddenly a loud SMACK echoed through the room, Apple Bloom had yelped due to the sudden movement and stinging.

The girl was tough, but Granny knew she was gonna cry a whole river by the time she was done.

Granny’s paddle was already making an impact as the girl's bottom was starting to turn a light shade of pink.

Apple Bloom wouldn’t stop squirming now as she tried to alleviate the pain, which made it difficult for Granny to lay out her smacks.

“That's it, stand up.” Granny sternly ordered.

Confused as to what's happening but knew she was in for something bad, she stood up and Granny did not waste a second pulling down the young girl's undies to her knees.

Her eyes widened in disbelief, as the elder grabbed her wrist and yanked her back into position, continuing with the punishment.

The girl noticed that the spanking was hurting a lot more since her underwear had left with her jeans. It seems she may have taken them for granted.

Her face turned a shade of red as she could feel everyone's eyes on the room staring at her red bare butt.

By the time of the twentieth whack, Apple Bloom burst into tears and aware of this, Granny decided to slow the punishment down.

"This hurts me more than it hurts you, youngin."

Apple Bloom was now kicking and squirming a lot more than earlier to escape from her grandmother's grasp, causing Granny to tighten her grip around her waist letting her granddaughter know her attempts were futile.

“Apple Bloom if ya don't stop yer ratchet kicking and squirming, ah’m gon’ have to use the belt.” She added two loud smacks along with the order.

The girl immediately stopped upon hearing those words with tears still streaming down her face.

“Ah’m so sorryyy!! Please forgive me!” Apple Bloom wailed and pleaded “Ah learnt my lesson, ah’ll neva ever do it again!!”

“Ya darn right you won’t do it again!” Granny said threateningly.

In a desperate attempt, she flung her right hand over in a pitiful effort to help her hurting backside. Granny paused the spanking and let go of her grip on her waist then turned to Apple Bloom's wrist, pinning it to her back, firmly but gently then continuing with the instrument of her misfortune.

Her friends looked on in horror as they flinched every time the paddle was brought down to their friends' rosy pink bottom, but sure glad that they wouldn't have to suffer such an awful fate like their friend.

The next few minutes were hell for Apple Bloom, as she gave up trying to escape and just laid limp over her grandmother's lap, bawling her eyes out.

She had also given up counting each whack, so now she was praying that she was close to finishing.

Sunset, AJ and Apple Bloom's two girl friends all couldn't hold back the urge to flinch every time she screeched.

After what seemed like an eternity, Granny finally put the paddle down, it was finally over for the young girl.

Granny had released the harsh grip on her wrist then pulled her in for a hug as she was clearly shaken up about the whole ordeal.

“Ah'm so sorry everyone…” She let out a soft, quiet cry as she sniffled.

Apple Bloom sat on her grandmother's lap, her shirt being wet with tears as Apple Bloom couldn’t stop herself.

Granny rubbed her granddaughter’s back soothingly, “Shh.. Shhh..” she comforted. “It’s over now.”

Apple Bloom was soon soothed into soft sniffles as she no longer had any tears to cry with. She got up from sitting on her grandmother's lap in a self hug.

Granny got up and led Apple Bloom to a corner of the living room, her rear end exposing her shame to the entire room.

Usually, whenever someone was being punished, Granny would put the wooden chair back to the dining room, however she sat back down.

“You know why I got yer guardians to drop yalls off here?”

The two girls looked at eachother, actually, they thought they came because they had to witness their dear friend's punishment.

“To scold us?” Scootaloo uttered meekly, confused.

Suddenly they tensed up. What if they had to suffer the same consequences as Apple Bloom, their hearts raced at the thought and they started fidgeting nervously.

What had they gotten themselves into..?