The Orchard Under the Rainbow

Original Story by SumOfAllZeroes/BewareTheRedTamborine

13 July 2014

A/N: Hello people of the interwebs who stumbled across this story at some point in time! I'm SumOfAllZeroes here with my very first MLP fan-fiction, fresh from my little shop of horrors! Please keep in mind that this story along with every other story I write revolves around the reader. If you have any questions, feel free to review and PM me. Also follow and favorite the story if you'd like to be kept up to date on new chapters. I may or may not put up a poll on my profile, so look for that. That's about all I got. Hope you enjoy!

I own none of the following characters/titles/chapter titles/etc. The only thing I own is the following story-line.


Chapter One: About A Girl

Hello there. I'm...well, this isn't exactly about me. As a matter of fact, this entire story has only a few things that could be considered of an Earth-like origin (especially given that the main characters of this story were created from the ideas of someone from there, but it's pretty moot given that I've now written/read the entirety of everything that you see on this in a Morgan Freeman-esque accent, and, oh look, more words.)

Anyway, this is the story of two personalities in an equine dominated society. Literally, with horses in government employme- you know what? It's an MLP story. There, that's the entire idea.

Regardless of this absolutely fruitless farce of a plot-line introduction, the sun rose over the land of Equestria, guided by the will of the nation. This was not just any day however; like many other days of the season, it was another apple-bucking day for the Apple family. Seeing as the Sweet Apple Acres where the Apple family resided were incredibly expansive, the family would often ask for help from other residents to help wherever needed.

On this warm spring day, Rainbow Dash, one of the fastest wings and most loyal of friends, agreed to aid her dear friend Applejack. Now granted, Rainbow Dash was not the best example of a morning pony. However, with Applejack...well, let's just say certain "exceptions" applied to her.

"C'mon... Rainbow, only a ...few more trees and... we're done for the day!" Applejack panted her encouragement for her rainbow-maned friend.

"Okay Apple...jack...just a sec…" The blue Pegasus panted, exhausted from the day's work. For the past four hours, the duo had bucked the majority of the trees in the western part of the farm. As of present time, they had only four trees left between the two. All they had to do was buck the trees and drag the buckets to the barn and the work for the day was done.

Applejack wound up for the last buck of the day. Unbeknownst to her, Rainbow Dash was looking over her cowgirl friend.

"Rich, blonde mane, extremely hard work ethic, competitive nature...What's not to like?" Rainbow caught herself. "Wait, what? I mean yeah, AJ's an awesome friend. We always work out whatever problems we have, she's a good sport when I beat her, and who could forget the way her hip torques when she winds up fo- " Rainbow paused before realizing what she had thought. "WHOA THERE! What the hay am I thinking about? OK Rainbow"

"Ey, Rainbow, you OK up there?" Applejack inquired. Rainbow remembered her current task and got back on track.

"Yeah, I'm good! Just doing a little thinking, Applea- I mean Applejack!" Rainbow Dash said, barely catching herself in time. Applejack, completely oblivious to Rainbow's slip-up, waited for Rainbow to finish harvesting the apples before dragging the buckets to the front of the barn. Applejack leaned against the side of the barn while Rainbow partially slumped over a barrel.

"Rainbow… Ah hate to ask...but Ah don't think Ah...can walk all the way back. Mind...givin' me a lift?" Applejack asked innocently (at least to her anyway).

"Yeah...I'll do it w- for! I meant I'd do it for you! Just hop up on my back!" Rainbow stuttered out, again barely avoiding slipping up. Applejack gently placed herself on Rainbow's back, making sure not to pin the pegasus' wings down painfully.

Rainbow began walking, her mind racing with one singular thought.

"Must resist...urge to raise wings!"


The walk into town for Applejack was a bit more psychological than Rainbow's.

"'Mind givin' me a lift?' Real smooth, cowgirl. Now I'm riding on the back of mah best friend. Granted, she is really strong, fearless and purty." Applejack paused at once.

"Whoa now, where did Ah come up with that? Sure Dashie's pretty something, but...OK, she's kinda cute...especially when she gets excited and she starts stuttering and her wings start flapping. Alright, Ah'll admit, she's kinda cute...purty... hot. WAIT WHAT?"

"AJ?"

"Y-yeah Dash?"

"Can you make it to where ya need to go from here?"

"Yeah. Thanks for the help, Dash." Applejack turned to leave.

"Um, AJ?"

"Y-yeah?"

"Mind if we hang out in a couple of days?" Rainbow asked

"Ah'm free in two days. How bout then?"

Rainbow smiled "It's a dat-uh, I mean see ya then!"

Rainbow then proceeded to soar off into a small cloud-bank.

"Did Dash say it was a date?" Applejack's eyes widened.

The two thought simultaneously.

"I need some serious advice."


A/N: Annnd that's a wrap! Chapter one of The Orchard Under The Rainbowis down. Again, please review and PM if you have any questions. Also, if you enjoyed this story, follow or favorite and keep an eye out for the next chapter. That's all for today. This is SumOfAllZeroes signing off, and have a dandy day.

Au revoir,

\M/-Zero-\M/