Author's note: This is my first REAL fanific (I don't like to talk about my earlier attempts). It should be noted that I am a perfectly heterosexual high school guy who enjoys Resident Evil 4 and the first two Predator movies. I also love MLP: FiM. I'll be trying to post pretty regularly. Props to Hasbro for creating this awesome show, and they/Lauren Faust deserve recognition for coming up with these brilliant characters (AKA: PLZ DON'T SUE ME). This is a RarityxBig mac fic (Rarimac? Macity?), but I am a fan of basically all (hetero) anyonexBig Mac ship. Enjoy!

Something was rotten in the house of Apple. Every family member could feel it.

"It's 7:15," Applejack announced, breaking the silence, "and Big Mac ain't down here."

Every morning, without fail, Big Mac was down in the kitchen by 6 AM, preparing himself a bowl of oatmeal and preparing for a days work on the farm. Yesterday hadn't been anything special. No parties, no Mac had worked all day before going into down to get some supplies, last Applejack saw him, he was fixing some machinery in the barn. Applebloom piped up.

"He ain't in his bed. Maybe he's still in th' barn?"

"He might be. Ah'll go check 'n see if he's in there. You just eat your breakfast and get ready for school, OK?"

"Fine."

It was cooler in the barn, and the air was still. A couple moths took flight as Applejack opened the door. She listened for her brother. Sure enough, she could hear his deep breathing from the loft. She smiled a bit to herself as she climbed the ladder up to the loft. Poor feller jus' got too tuckered out and crashed here, she thought.

"Rise and shine, Big ma-" Applejack stopped midsentence. Big Mac was up here, sure enough. But he wasn't alone. His arms were wrapped around Miss Rarity's midsection. The two were lying on a pile of hay, covered with nothing but an old, moth-eaten quilt. Two piles of rumpled clothes on the floor ensured that what happened the night before was no mystery.

Applejack slowly backed away, hoping to leave the couple alone. Fate (and the fact that otherwise, this would be a pretty boring fic) ensured that one of her feet hit the one creaky board in the entire loft.

Rarity began to stir.

"Big Mac? Are you awake yet?" she mumbled, giving him a soft nudge in the ribs.

"Well, ah am no- oh, shit." For the second time that morning, a member of the apple family was stopped midsentence.

"What?" Rarity wondered what would cause the usually impeccably polite farm boy to use such language. She turned around…

"Oh shit."

Applejack's brain decided the best way to defuse this incredibly awkward situation was to get angry.

"BIG! MACINTOSH! What in tarnation' is this? Have you been foolin' around with Miss Rarity here?"

A soft and shamed "Eeeyup." was the response. Big Mac climbed out of the makeshift bed (thank Celestia he was wearing boxers) and began to put on his work clothes. His expression was miserable.

"Ah can't believe it! Mah OWN BROTHER WOUL-"

Rarity interrupted her rant "Big Macintosh is a grown man. He has the right to do what he wants. You aren't his mother!" She began pulling on her blouse and she glared indignantly at Applejack.

"It's fahn, Rarity. I s'pose ah did oversleep a bit. Now, if you two'll 'scuse me, af gotta get sum chow."

Giving Rarity an affectionate peck on the check and smiling at his sister, Big Mac climbed down the ladder and ambled off to the Apple house. With just the two girls left, the temperature dropped by a couple of degrees.

"Ah don't like the idea of you layin' a single manicured hand on my brother. He ain't no fancy pants prince."

"I don't want him to be. Now, if you'll excuse me, I must be getting back to my boutique," the fashion designer said as she fluffed her hair back up. As she passed Applejack, the feisty female farmer hissed at her:

"Keep your hands offa mah brother."

"You 'brother' is a man. And he can pick whomever he chooses."

Before long, Applejack was left alone/

"This must be what Twilight felt with Shining Armor," she said miserably to no one in particular.

Soon, the air in the barn was still again.

Author's note: Wow. It's amazing what one can get done in a boring Geometry class. Read and review, criticism is welcomed! CHAPTER 2 COMING VERY SOON.