Apple Cellar

Flim & Flam Disappear

“Dear Princess Celestia, I wanted to share my thoughts with you." AppleJack cleared her throat before she carried on. "I DIDN’T LEARN ANYTHIN’! I WAS RIGHT ALL ALONG! If you take your time to do things the right way, your work will speak for itself! Sure I can tell ya I learned somthin’ about ma friends are always there to help me, and I can count on them no matter what. But the truth is... I knew that already too!” AppleJack finished her letter and gave it to Spike. Spike set fire to the letter and it went up into the air and to Princess Celestia.

“Well ah better be off!” AppleJack said after she left the barn of Sweet Apple Acres. Spike ran after her and stopped her in the middle of the path. “AppleJack!” Spike blurted out. “What you sent to the... Princess... Is umm... Too... Too...” Spike passed out from all the running he did to catch up with her. AppleJack giggled a bit before grabbing spike with her mouth and throwing him on her back. AppleJack ran to Twilight’s library and knocked on the door. “It’s me Twilight! Spike passed out so I brought him to ya!”

After Twilight opened the door slightly, only so she could see one eye. “Twilight... What’s goin’ on in there?” AppleJack asked.

“Erm... Just reading.” Twilight replied nervously.

“Okie dokie then, here is Spike.” Twilight levitated Spike into her library and said a quick “Thank you.” and shut the door.

AppleJack started up the path to her barn but was interrupted by a clanking noise. She stopped dead in her tracks as she looked left. Coming up the path was the Super Cider Squeezy 6000. FIim stepped out from the machine while having a sad, but happy, face on.

“AppleJack...” Flim said with a different look on his face. “Me and my brother are very sorry of what happened today... And...” Flim couldn’t carry on so Flam stepped out from the machine. “We want t-to h-help you with the farm...” Flam had a sad look on his face while Flim had a nervous look.

“Sure... Why not?” AppleJack said with a smile. “Follow me.” Flim and Flam followed AppleJack down a cellar and once they got down there AppleJack ran up and closed the door tightly shut. She was moving quickly but silently. “AppleJack where are you?” Flim asked nervously. “I’m right here, Flim.” AppleJack said as she turned on the lights. Her hair wasn’t tied up when the lights came on. Flim and Flam stared in horror as they saw ponies slaving away. Flim looked and saw all the ponies have their mouthed tied together with thread. One of AppleJack’s dear friends was there. Rarity. She was in such a mess and she was crying while working.

“What are all these ponies doing down here?” Flam asked while shuddering.

“Oh... These ponies down here? Oh well these are the ponies that have hurt me deep inside!” AppleJack said furiously.

“W-w-what did we d-do?” Flam asked, stepping back while AppleJack walked forward in a furious pace.

“What did ya do? WHAT DID YA DO? YA CAME TO PONYVILLE, DECLARING YA COULD BEAT US JUST FOR OUR FARM!” AppleJack ran up to Flam, who was running up the stairs.

While AppleJack was running she said “Oh... You think ya can get away?” Flam hit his head on the cellar door and fell on conscious. AppleJack dragged him down but when she got down she stopped dead in her tracks. Flim was helping all the ponies untie the thread from their mouths. Then a whine came from Rarity as she tried to get from the chains. “Ah only have the key!” AppleJack said in a huff. She jumped on one of the ponies that Flim helped to untie his mouth. She pinned him down and quickly ran over to a dirty, rusty table, grabbed a rusty pin and thread, and walked over to the pony. Flim only helped two ponies free and he only stood there in horror, waiting to see what will happen to the green pony.

AppleJack lay on him, gave him a tight squeeze and when she released him, he was dead. AppleJack squoze him to tight, his wind pipe broke.

The machine in the cellar had stopped turning. AppleJack unchained him and threw his body in the machine and ordered the other ponies to start working. As Flim watched, the body of the stallion was ripped apart from how fast the machine was moving. She ordered them to stop.

Then AppleJack turned to Rarity. She got the thread and stabbed Rarity through the hoofs. AppleJack held her mouth shut with her hoofs, and she could see the pain welling up in her eyes. Blood droplets came from her hoof as AppleJack grinned. She instructed the ponies to start the machine as fast as she wanted it. Then, AppleJack unlocked the chains from Rarity and threw her in the machine while it was still running. Blood spat out from the machine and AppleJack said “Your turn Flim!”

Flim was hiding in the corner bearing not to look and as AppleJack approached. He hid his face away from AppleJack.

She has blood running from her mouth and eyes.

Flim took one look at AppleJack, and when he did, AppleJack grabbed his face and held the thread in one hoof. She bucked his horn off so he couldn’t do any magic. “I’m not going to kill ya, ah need two more ponies to replace the two poinies.”

AppleJack started sewing his mouth together and she saw pain in his eyes. She chuckled and pushed him over where the green stallion would have been standing. He was chained back against the machine and AppleJack showed him how to work the machine. Flim’s belly groaned and he looked at AppleJack desperately wanting some food or a bit of water. “Who said ya could have some of ma food or drink? You’re just gonna rot down here like the rest on ‘em! Now work the machine!” She trotted off with a small grin on her face.

Flam was still unconscious as AppleJack approached. “Said good night Flam...” AppleJack said then followed by an laugh. She walked over to the table and got one of her sharp knives. She walked over slowly with a grin on her face.

Flam woke up from his consciousness and was then back asleep again. AppleJack had stabbed Flam in the back of his heart. His eyes were wide open, dead, but seemed to be alive as AppleJack stared into them.

AppleJack was satisfied with the outcome of what she somehow knew was going to happen. She walked outside and quickly shut the cellar door and when she looked up, she was greeted by a brown stallion.

“Hello.” He said. “I’m the Doctor.”