a taste of insanity

by beingboredsucks

Rating: teen
Tags: Tragedy, Dark
Length: 2120

When applejack's whole family busness is over, what can she do?

applejacks whole life.. Ruined, by that one mayor mare who thought the " food poisoning " was to do with sweet apple acres, will she find out the whole story, or will, the culprate run free ?
You tell me. Miss Dark angel helped fix my bad grammar, and even some storyline. so if you enjoy this go and comment on her channel, its more popular than mine anyway

Published 1970-01-01 00:00:00 UTC
Last updated 2012-11-14 17:29:41 UTC

the " Food Poisoning " insedent

Ponyville Galoping Gala

1800 hours

It was a unusual Gala this year around but at least all was well.  Everypony was enjoying the high quality apples of Applejack's stand. There were streamers in the party room, Pinkie's personal favorite.  There was a library, you can guess which of the Elements was in there. The rest were outside enjoying the beautifully arranged flowers and the still nightime air.  But within seconds everything went wrong.  Everypony was lying down clutching their stomachs. Applejack stared in horror.  Nothing like this had ever happened before.

"What in Equestria is going on here?" a demanding sophisticated voice called out. It sounded pissed off as well.

Applejack was fearful of what was happening. Her apples were very fresh, picked only yesterday and stored well, but somehow they were enough to fill the toilets in the ballroom and all the outhouses in the gardens in two minutes flat.

"Ah dont know Mrs Mayor. Nothin like this has ever happened before"

The mayor, was angry, disgusted and hateful.

" ls this some sort of sick joke Applejack?. none of the other stands have done this!. All of the V.I.P's are here, even your friends. And you put them in the hospital!. Your sence of humour is fucked up! "

Applejack was staring in disbelief at how much damage she was being accused of making.

" Ah didn't do anything to the apples, ah bucked em, cleaned em and pakaged em all like normal. The only thing that could have happened was sabotage... but then who would want to sabotage Sweet Apple Acres "

Applejack searched the rooms for anypony acting suspicious but found none, and Mayor Mare was becoming impatient

" I'm sorry about this Applejack but im going to have to shut down Sweet Apple Acres on suspicion of sabotaging the Grand Galloping Gala "

Applejack couldn't believe her ears

" What!? " her situation ripped away at her mind. Applejacks family work could be taken away from them any moment.

" What can ah do? " She was asking herself. She was breaking, unable to think about what she could do. She felt the entire apple family on her back. She couldn't handle it and passed out

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Ponyville Hospital

1900 Hours

Applejack awoken with a mighty headache. She saw her friends all in separate beds next to her, All except Pinkie were too tired to look at Applejack. Pinkie was having a coughing fit which engulfed her attention span

She could see the doctor blocking the mayor's path into the hospital

" Im sorry Mrs, Mare but she is in to much of a delicate state to recive such news " Mayor Mare left in a aggresive but respectful manner. But Applejack already knew what the news was going to be. The doctor came towards the western mare to tell her the diagnosis

"Oh hello Mrs... " he checked his clipboard "applejack is it? " she nodded but wasn't realy listening " you had a panic attack and passed out. you should be OK within an hour but until then you have to get some rest "

Applejack wanted to confirm what she thought was the news but knew better than to dissobay the doctor. the stallion who saved more lives than she had bucked apples. Therefor she attempted to follow the doctors orders but was too worried to sleep, both the farm and her friends worried her. But what burned away at her the most was who could of set her and the Apple family up.

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losing your lifes work

Ponyville sqaure

1600 Hours

Applejack was walking down the empty streets of ponyville, it seemed that everypony had been at the gala, only the school kids were wandering around with mrs cheerly, Applejack was troubled. She was accused of putting hundreds into the infirmary, even though she loved each and every one of them, she knew she was inoccent but found herself questioning her lack of evidence multiple times. there where many homes empty and some with there doors slightly open.

" Ah just don't get it, who in Eqestria would sabotage Sweet Apple Acres?. Or was he or she trying to sabotage the gala? "

She didn't know were she was heading with the ideas but instead of trying to stop her gentle rambles slip from her brain and out her mouth, she seen derpy hooves, the one pegasus she hadn't seen at the gala

" derpy? could she have...? Naw she's too clumsy to pull off such a scam.... But... "

Applejack was curious to hear how derpy was well and why she haddn't been at the gala

" Howdy derpy your lucky you didn't go to the gala, its been moved to the hospital "

Applejack's voice was rough, but you could tell the sympathy it had for all those ponys who bit into a apple,

but her guilt didn't stop derpy from being derpy.

" realy?, im going there right away! "

and within a few seconds derpy was running towards the hospital, tripping over her hooves multiple times.

Applejack facehooved

" that girls broken... she makes pinkie pie seem smart "

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Sweet Apple Acres

1700 Hours

Applejack had forgoten about her dread after the insedent with derpy but after seeing the sight in front of her her face of gentle humour turned into one of horror, disbelive and dread. her family farm was looking like a crime scean, about five tree's were pulled from there roots, investagators were searching through apples, the celiar and even her room, of course they found nothing exept her diary. Applejack was disgusted to see them reading it. After a few minutes she was ran over by her siblings

" hey sis can ya tell me whats going on?" the yellow blank flank said, Big Mcintosh kept his usual poker face, but you could tell he was worried.

AJ shrugged

" Ah dont know lil sis... ah dont know "

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Sweet Apple Acres

1710Hours

after the reunion Applejack noticed a very old family member missing

"Hey where is granny smith? "

her siblings looked surprised"Why don’t ya remember? She's visitin’ Braeburn,” answered Apple Bloom.

Before the conversation could continue, a familiar voice interrupted, being the bearer of bad news once more.

"Hello, Apple family,” greeted Mayor Mare. “I’m afraid to say that Sweet Apple Acres will be shut down until ether we find evidence of your family being guilty, or we search the house hold and don’t find anything to go against your family."

Applejack froze and felt her mind trip; trying to process everything taking a toll on her. She felt paranoia rage inside her as she stared at Mayor Mare. Why was this happening? She was innocent, and the Acres was very much just as innocent.

She began to see things repeatedly in her mind, imagining the depressing thought of seeing her farm empty and seeing her family leave it with sad expressions all around. It was too much. She decided to sleep it off in her already searched room. She twitched in her sleep just a little but still felt… different somehow, yet she couldn't explain that. Finally, she fell to sleep.

pinkie promise

Sweet Apple Acres

0800 hours

Applejack awoken, she had fell of her bed but she had a creeping feeling on her mind that somepony had pushed her, but nopony was in the room... just herself but she couldn't help it, she was too paranoid. She had remembered about her friends, and how they would shun her for what they suspected she had done. She was scared at the thought of Twilight and her letters to prinnces Celestia and how she would be accused of sabatage and possibily attempted murder!, even though she didn't do anything. She knew exactily what she had and haddn't done that day.

She had bucked some fresh apples for the gala and served them at the event for a few bits.

Applejack knew there was no use in thinking about something she couldn't change and went outside, just to see a angry mob with only a few ponys missing, everypony was yelling at her curcing her and her family, only the elements didn't shout, instead they just gave her stern looks "Holly shit everyone hates me, even... my friends" her thoughts made her cringe and sob on the inside, on the outside she was shocked and starring, yet in her gaze she could not see a particular party pony, she worried and waited for all the curses and shuns and depressng comments to be said and then she spoke

" Pinkie pie.. were is she, is she...? " Applejack dared not say it, but she was pleased to hear the soft yet heartbroken voice of fluttershy " No " her voice was nearly inaudible, and it didn't realy help she was avoidig eye-contact with her former p.f.f

" she didn't agree with this so she never came... I didn't want to ether but after what you did to all of ponyville its hard to go by you without punishing you for it... Please dont hate me "

The crowd parted like a clearing fog, both familiar faces and complete strangers all staring at Applejack in hatred, she didn't have the guts to say anything. so instead she went to ponyville square, to talk to pinkie pie, the only pony who didn't join the mob to curse her.

Sugar Cube Corner

0900 Hours

On her way she would look behind her every so often, she just thought that, somepony, something was going to sneek up on her and, just, do something, something very bad, she just didn't know what.

She came to Sugar Cube Corner, Mr and Mrs cake chased her out

" Talk about rude, but to be honest, they do think I poisoned them. " So she just banged on the window to get pinkie pie's attention. She ran through the window, she had obviously eaten alot of sugar filled goods.

"Hey!! your going to have to pay for that!! " Mrs cakes yelled, she wasn't pleased with the hole in the window, however Applejack found it funny as the giant pinkie pie silhouette shaped into the broken glass

" hey pinkie I didn't do anything to the apples at the gala " pinkie looked at her with a "well duh" expression on her face

" okey dokey lokie " Applejack looked surprised "I mean you are the element of honesty " Applejack was surprised at pinkie's use of logic she smiled " Oh thanks, urrrrrm want to help me find some evidence to clear my name? " pinkie started to nod

" Sure that would help you alot "

Applejack smiled yet her mind was tencing up, like it was going to experiance an impact or something.

She noticed something in the top corner of her eye, it was big, black and had a multicolour tail at the back of it

"Consider this payback " and the rain started hitting Applejacks head and body. She wasn't pleased with rainbow dash but she stood her ground and walked away. She knew if she were to say anything she would be reminded of the Ponyville gala.

Pinkie was already far infront of her, rumaging through the ponyville gala's garbidge. Every once in a while she would blow a bin out of the party cannon, after searching its contents. Applejack was rolling around in laughter after she had stoped thinking they would land on her. " Hey Pinkie why are you doing that? " Applejack just had to know what was going on in Pinkies head at the time. But to her dissapointment Pinkie Pie mearly shrugged and shot another bin miles into the horrison.

Sweet Apple Acres

2000 Hours

Applejack was worried, she had been searching for hours with no prevale, no evidence of the Apple family being innocent, and Granny smith would be home in a week. The whole thought made her depressed so she thought to the times Pinkie was making the investigation fun, she had shot bins from her party cannon, made paper into shapes, even her discarded apples were used to make art. But even though such fun was being thought off she knew that there was absolutely no hope for her and the Apple family. She desided to sleep, her mind was tence fully aware of Applejacks surroundings, ready to fight with a non existant intruder. Her sleep was troubled, no matter how many times she would pass out she would awaken thanks to ether a violent twitch or creeping feeling that somepony was out there, trying to get her.