Zap Apple Jam
By Nadeem Mayer
It was a sunny day in Ponyville, Diamond Tiara was on her way to Sweet Apple Acres to make zap apple jam with the Apple family on their farm. Little did she know she would never make anything ever again. She got to the front door of the Apple family’s barn and knocked three times. She was greeted by a smiling Apple Bloom. “Hai Diamond Tiara! I’m so glad you could make it!” said Apple Bloom.
“Whatever”, said Diamond “I’m just here for free jam and school credit” Apple bloom and her friends the Cutie Mark Crusaders, Sweetie Belle and Scootaloo ignored the rude remark and led her into the barn. Diamond Tiara looked around and wondered why the barn was so empty and dimly lit. Apple Bloom led her deeper into the dark barn. Then Diamond notice a small grey pony following her.
“Probably another one of their loser blank flank friends.” Diamond Tiara thought to herself. Suddenly Diamond Tiara noticed something, she turned around and screamed, “THERE ARE NO APPLES IN THIS BARN! WHY ARE THER NO APPLES IN THIS BA”, Diamond Tiara was cut off by Apple Bloom karate chopping her in the neck. She was knocked out cold and was lying on the floor.
Apple Bloom and her friends stared at the body of Diamond Tiara. “What do we now?” asked Sweetie Belle. “Bring her to the room and then wake her up one her heart rate settles. The three friends dragged Diamond Tiara across the dirty barn floor to a small room with a chair in it. They strapped her down and looked at her pulse. “Should we wake her up?”, asked Scootaloo.
“Yes do it now.”, said Apple Bloom. Scootaloo walked over to Diamond Tiara and started punching her in the stomach until she woke up. “WAKE… UP…YOU…STUCK...UP…BRAT!”, Scootaloo screamed between punches. Diamond Tiara woke up in agony. Diamond Tiara stared at Apple Bloom who was holding a knife. She soon realized what was going to happen. “Please no… please, please, please NO! I’m sorry for everything I’ve done to you. Please don’t kill me!”, screamed Diamond Tiara. The three crusaders stared at each other and laughed. “After all the things you’ve done to us you think we will just let you go?”, chuckled Sweetie Belle. Sweetie Belle took out a knife and slashed Diamond Tiara in the arm. Her light purple coat was being streaked with the red of her own blood. She tried to hold back her tears to seem as threatening and strong as she used to act, in hope they would let her go.
“Silver Spoon”, Diamond whispered to herself “Please come over here and save me.” Suddenly the grey pony emerged from the shadows. Then Diamond Tiara recognized the pony, she gasped in shock as she saw the pony’s face. It was her, the pony she prayed, her best friend, Silver Spoon.
Silver Spoon had a long black rifle slung over her back and a large knife in sheath on her hip. “Silver Spoon?”, asked Diamond Tiara. “Is that you?” Silver Spoon stared at Diamond Tiara who was strapped down on a chair and was bleeding from her arm. “Yeah”, muttered Silver Spoon “But why do you care? You’re going to die anyways.”. The horror of the situation was greater than Diamond Tiara realized.
“You’re not here to save me? But we’re best friends, WHY WOULD YOU DO THIS TO ME?! ”, screamed Diamond Tiara. “Us, friends? Oh don’t be ridiculous. I hate you more than anything in the world”, explained Silver “Did you really think I would save you? After all those years of treating me like trash? Oh you impudent foal you amuse me.”
Diamond Tiara managed to kick Silver Spoon in the stomach. Silver Spoon went flying back and the three crusaders attacked Diamond Tiara, violently punching her and kicking her until the point of drawing blood. Silver Spoon managed to get up and ready her rifle. She pushed all the ponies away from Diamond Tiara just as Apple Blooms older brother, a large pony named Big Macintosh was kicking her in the stomach. She pushed him out of the way and put her rifle to Diamond Tiara’s head. “Here’s the jam you wanted”, Silver Spoon said deviously. She loaded the rifle, and pulled the trigger. Diamond Tiara felt a stream of heat and then a sharp pain.
Silver Spoon missed her by an inch, the bullet hit Diamond Tiara’s chair and sent splinters flying into the side of her face. The bullet cracked on impact and sent fragments flying. Two hit Diamond Tiara in the nose and the rest flew into the ropes that held Diamond Tiara down. Diamond jumped up and kicked Silver Spoon in the face causing her to drop her rifle. Diamond Tiara picked it up and ran to a ladder that led to a platform in the barn. She climbed up the ladder, bullets hit the rusted steel of the ladder as the attempted to shoot her. She made it up to the top of the ladder and on top of the platform.
She sent a spray of automatic fire down onto her attempted murderers. She shot Scootaloo, the little orange pegasus in the wing and hit Apple Blooms older brother, Big Macintosh in the side of his neck. She heard a large bang and saw Apple Bloom with a large pistol. She felt and sharp stinging pain in her leg she dropped her gun and fell from the platform and landed in a stack of hay. A large ball of fire shot at her and the hay that caught her fall burst into flames. She stumbled back and then was shot at by more fire.
She saw that Sweetie Belle and Silver Spoon were using Sweetie Belle’s magic to shoot fire at Diamond Tiara. Silver Spoon was holding a match as Sweetie Belle shot magic beams through the fire, creating a magical flame thrower. “STOP! PLEASE STOP HURTING ME!”, screamed Diamond Tiara as her tail caught on fire. Diamond quickly put out the fire with a bucket of milk. Then she had an idea.
Diamond Tiara crept slowly behind some hay, gunfire still hailing on her. She crawled over to an empty bucket and picked it up with her hoofs. She stood up quickly and threw the large bucket at her assailants. They fell backward and Diamond Tiara dashed out the door and disappeared somewhere behind the barn.
Silver Spoon stood up slowly and noticed Apple Bloom crying by the half dead Big Macintosh. Silver spoon took the knife out of her sheath and whispered to the siblings, “I’m sorry”. She walked forward with the knife and tripped over the bucket she threw. The knife went flying and hit Apple Bloom in the head, the knife pierced through Apple Bloom’s skull and into Big Mac’s. They were both dead. Silver Spoon walked out of the barn with Apple Bloom’s pistol, she saw Scootaloo on the floor with her wing blown off. She shot Scootaloo in the chest as she walked by, putting her out of her misery.
Silver Spoon walked around the barn a few times looking for Diamond Tiara. She wished she had Sweetie Belle with her so she could use magic to find Diamond. But Sweetie had died after the fire fight, a unicorn can only use so much magic in a day. Silver Spoon had heard a sudden rustle in a water trough, she stopped in her tracks and stared at the trough. She shot into it until she was all out of ammo.
She saw blood leak out the holes in the trough. Diamond’s blood. She picked up a shovel and walked to the trough, she saw Diamond Tiara curled up in a ball. She was filled with bullet holes, but still alive. Diamond looked up at Silver with large eyes of despair. Silver Spoon almost felt sorry for the filly, but could wait no longer. She lifted up the shovel and brought it down on Diamonds neck with full force, decapitating her.
Scootaloo got up in agony, she yanked a knife out of Big Mac’s head. She was ready to kill. She walked outside, looking ,waiting ,watching. After a while she found the bloody, and dead Diamond Tiara. “Don’t bother.” , said Silver Spoon “She’s already dead.”. Scootaloo looked back at Silver Spoon, “Just the filly I’m looking for”, said Scootaloo. Scoot threw the knife into Silver Spoon’s head, and collapsed.
Spitfire, the most amazing pony in Equestria flew over Sweet Apple Acres and looked down on the scenery. She always enjoyed staring at the apple trees. She flew around the property for a while and then saw the barn. She stared at the bloody scene below her. “Well that’s a mess”, said Spitfire. “Eh. I’ve seen worse”, said Rainbow Dash, “You ever read Cupcakes?” The End