The Wrong Stallion

After an hour of cleaning up, multiple other ponies showed up to help and they were introduced to Wright. There was Pinkie Pie, she was erratic and jumpy and very energetic and able to keep working for a vast amount of time. Then there was Rarity, more of a fashion designer than that of a worker but she contributed lots of building materials. There was Twilight, who used her magic to heal Rainbow Dash’s broken nose and she was also able to use her magic to make repairs on the broken barn. Finally there was Fluttershy, like her name would imply she was very timid and didn’t like to spend too much time around Wright unless she had to, something about his appearance made her want to shrivel up into a fetal position and whimper.

After many long hours the barn was finished, Wright stepped back. It was late and the sun was starting to set. A bell rang and the group looked to the house where the ring had come from, “Dinner’s ready” called out Granny Smith. “Alright I’m starved” Rainbow Dash said as she zipped towards the house. The group began to depart, all except Wright. Derpy noticed that he wasn’t coming inside and called out to him “Hey Wright ain’t yah coming inside for some food?” Derpy asked and Wright looked away from the group as they turned to him.

Applejack trotted up “Hey don’t worry yourself none sugar cube, what’s past is past and besides Granny even cooked some for you too” Applejack said with an enthusiastic tone. “You promised to tell me where Flim and Flam where if I helped you… so where are they” Wright asked and Applejack chuckled “Well now ah reckon ah can’t remember on an empty stomach so ah’ll have tah eat first tah jog muh memory so why don’t yah come in and join us” She offered.

Wright grunted and turned away “I’m not hungry” he grumbled. “Oh… okay ah’ll just…” Applejack trailed off her sentence in a seemingly saddened tone. She stood there for a moment and Wright gave her a glance that made her blood run cold and she turned to her friends, and as she made her way into the house she shuddered. “How could any-pony be so cold” Rarity exclaimed, “ah don’t know Rarity… ah just don’t know” Applejack replied and they all sat down for dinner.

Outside Wright looked to the sky as the moon came into full bloom, stars illuminated the sky alongside the moon. It was so bright out that a pony wouldn’t need an artificial source of light to see. Wright rolled Harley towards the barn and parked it beside a wall and Wright leaned up against the wall and sat down, letting out a deep sigh of exhaustion. The smell of home baked goods filled the air and his stomach grumbled. “Shut up” he grumbled to his stomach, though he was terribly hungry he didn’t want to waste anytime eating while he could be hunting down Flim and Flam. ‘But then again I’m just sitting around not doing anything’ Wright told himself ‘Ah fuck it… I don’t need to eat anyway’ Wright assured himself

His stomach grumbled again and he looked down to his stomach “I SAID SHUT UP” he yelled. “Yah alright out there?” Applejack called out from a window, “Just fine. I’m waiting to get some information about 2 particular brothers” Wright scoffed at her, “Alright, just so yah know we got leftovers if yah want tah come in… every-pony’s having fun without yah” she called out, tempting him to enter the home. He considered it for a moment, well more like his stomach considered it, but he shook off the idea. “No thanks” he called out and grumbled to himself and moved away to the other side of the barn so they couldn’t see him.

He grumbled to himself as he sat down. He pulled out his custom revolver and brushed them off and spun them in his hoof as he tried to pass time. “How long does it take to tell some-pony where the fuck other ponies are?” Wright grumbled to himself. “Uhm excuse me Mr.?” asked a little southern voice from beside him. He looked over to see Applebloom standing there with a slice of apple pie, it was fresh and the smell made Wright’s stomach grumble. He hit himself in the gut “I said shut up” he growled at his stomach, he winced in pain as the hit he had dealt himself was a little severe.

“Uhm… Mr. Wright ah thought yah might be hungry so ah brought you out a slice of pie… ah cooked it myself” she said in a shy tone. She edged ever closer towards him and placed the plate of apple pie beside Wright. He shuffled away from the pie “Thanks kid but I’m not hungry” he grumbled. “But won’t yah just try it please?” she asked and Wright shook his head. “But… but why?” she asked, starting to pout a little. “Because I just want to get out of here” Wright said in a rather irritated tone, “But don’t you like it here?” she asked in a nearly crying voice. “It’s not that I don’t like it here… it’s fine, I just want to leave” Wright said and Applebloom nudged the slice of apple pie closer towards Wright.

“Please won’t yah try it… please” she begged, “No kid, I don’t want any of your damn pie, I’m not hungry” he said in an irritated voice as he got up, ‘Fuck this, I’d rather just take a train to the next town’ Wright thought to himself but then his thoughts stopped as he heard a quiet whimpering behind him. ‘Oh no… please Celestia, don’t let her be crying’ Wright thought to himself than realized his actions were a little cold, but he wasn’t thinking strait due to the fact he was quite hungry.

He turned around to see the little filly huddled up on the ground, beginning to cry. Wright raced to her side, “Please don’t cry little filly I was just being stupid was all” Wright tried to coo her but it didn’t work, she began to cry heavily. “Please don’t cry… I think you apple pie would be delicious it’s just that I’m not really hungry” Wright told her, she looked up to him with teary eyes “Yah don’t mean that, yer lyin, yah just don’t want tah try the pie I cooked cause yah think it’ll taste bad” she cried. Wright sighed to himself, ‘I feel like such a dick’ he thought to himself. He thought of a possible solution but could only think of one, he’d have to eat that friggin pie.

He reached over and picked up the pie, it smelled delicious and made his mouth water but he really just wanted to go and find Flim and Flam and make them pay for what they did. “Hey Applebloom look” Wright said as he took a bit out of the pie, the taste was like nothing he had ever tasted before, his mind subsided ad all he thought about was the delicious pie and he devoured the rest of it. “Holy shit… pardon my French but that’s friggin good kid… you said you cooked that?” Wright asked and Applebloom looked up to him “Yup all by myself” she sniffled as she wiped tears from her eyes. “Oh look, you’re all dirty… here let me help you” Wright said as he began to wipe the dirt and tears away from her face. “Mr. Wright there’s lots of good food inside, you should come in” Applebloom suggested, Wright was about to say yes but ended up being stubborn like he always was and simply replied “No thanks”.

Applebloom began to cry again “Yah didn’t really like the pie, yah just ate it and said it was good tah make me stop cryin” she cried. Wright sighed, he knew she was giving him the puppy dog treatment and he couldn’t really deny it either and simply gave in. “Alright, alright calm down. If I come inside will you stop crying so much?” Wright asked and Applebloom looked up “Promise yah’ll come inside?” she asked and Wright nodded. “Yippee” Applebloom cheered as she grabbed Wright’s foreleg and pulled him towards the house.

As they entered the house Wright saw the group playing games together, conversing… they were partying. Wright sighed as Applebloom dragged him into the center of the party. “Hey, Wright thought yah said yah weren’t hungry” Applejack teased and he rolled his eyes “You put her up to this didn’t you” Wright replied. “Actually no I did, she’s done it to me before and I knew she could do it to you” Twilight informed Wright, who sighed.

Applebloom brought him some more food “Here I brought you some food, don’t worry I warmed it up so it wouldn’t be cold” Applebloom told him and Wright took the food gracefully. “Thanks kid… hey sorry for being so harsh earlier, I just kinda wanted to get outta here and finish my work” Wright apologized, not just to Applebloom but to the entire group. Rainbow Dash flew up and gave him a friendly punch to the shoulder “Hey don’t sweat it, besides I’ve nearly forgot about you breaking my nose… don’t think for a second that I wouldn’t have beaten you though” she said in a serious tone, obviously trying to keep some sort of high pride with herself.

“Don’t worry I think you would’ve beaten me” Wright said, obviously lying but his lie was believable and Rainbow Dash smiled proudly and went to go drink apple cider. Wright looked at the food but just before he was able to take a bit Rarity interrupted him. “Oh sweet Celestia, you can’t be seen in such rags… take off your clothes immediately and I will have them stitched by morning” Rarity ordered. “I uhh” Wright trailed off, he didn’t really feel comfortable without clothes but then again none of them were wearing any clothes so he figured ‘why not’. He undressed himself and handed his tattered clothes to Rarity.

He finally got a moment to himself and chomped down the food quickly. He felt much better and the food really hit the spot. “Ha, yeah not hungry my flank” Applejack teased, “Hey I just wanted to” he began but Applejack tugged his foreleg and brought him into the group. “Hey what’re yah doin” Wright asked as she stood them both onto their hindlegs.

“Well duh, dancin silly, ain’t got no-pony tah dance with so might as well dance with yah” she laughed, Wright felt a little uncomfortable of the thought at first but then figured ‘Couldn’t hurt could it?’ and began to dance with Applejack. As they danced Wright grabbed a rose out of a vase, ‘Wait why the hell did a redneck have a rose vase?’ Wright thought to himself but then subdued the thought and tucked the rose into her hair. “And whatta yah think yer doin Romeo?” Applejack asked and Wright simply chuckled “Ain’t this how ponies dance?” he asked in a naïve tone. Rarity scoffed “Why couldn’t Blueblood have been this romantic” she sighed.

At the comment Wright immediately let go of Applejack, “Wait hold on I’m not being romantic” Wright argued but when he let Applejack go she lost her balance. “Shit” Wright said as he caught her but then soon realized this was looking like one of those really cheesy romance scenes. Applejack looked into his eyes and they fluttered, she blushed and leaned forward, her eyes closing very slowly as she leaned forward to kiss him. “Yeah-no” Wright said as he lifted her up and dropped her onto all fours. He fell down onto all fours as well. Applejack brushed her mane out of her face “Sorry bout that… don’t know what came over me” she apologized and Wright gave her a nod “It’s okay… I think I was being a little too… romantic” Wright said and shuddered at the comment he had just given.

As the night progressed Fluttershy, Rainbow Dash, Derpy, Pinkie Pie and Twilight departed. “Well dearie, I’ll have to see you tomorrow… oh and I’ll have your clothes ready for you” Rarity told Wright and she nodded a goodbye to Applejack and she began to depart. “Well I guess that means I can’t leave tonight… it’s a damn shame” Wright chuckled in a sarcastic tone, though he had begun the night rather harsh and cold towards the group he had actually became friends with each and every one of them, even Fluttershy who, despite her shy nature, actually warmed up to Wright when he started talking about having animals on his farm when he got it back.

“Well ah reckon yah can have the guest bedroom, if that don’t bother yah none” Applejack told Wright who nodded. She led Wright to the bedroom and opened the door, “Sleep tight Wright” she said then chuckled at the fact that it rhymed. Wright nodded and flopped down on the spare bed, it was amazingly comfortable, considering that the last five years he had simply been sleeping in alleyways and cattle cars. As he passed out he thought to himself ‘Maybe settling down isn’t such a bad idea, maybe I should just let the law deal with it… nah’