A/N: here's the next chapter, all will be explained, enjoy.
Family is Forever: chapter 3: party at pinkies
After the incident in the barn, Applejack did her best to forget about, after they went inside, she went to get ready.
Only a few minutes later, she was ready and it was time for them to go to Pinkie's party, no matter the situation, Pinkie's parties always had a way to cheer them up, and that is exactly how she felt.
After they had all arrived, Pinkie started her party, playing music, and enjoying games, she had food and drinks, everypony was having a good time, Applejack managed to put aside her worries, and enjoy the time with her friends, Dark Star had gone over to talk with Flame and their friends.
Night Gale and Star Dust had returned, to enjoy some of their break at their hometown, it had been awhile since they had been home, they were both on their summer break, when they return, Night Gale would be in his final year, and Star Dust her second.
Much to their surprise, Spike had returned from business in Canterlot, it had been awhile since they saw Spike, he had grown a lot, his arms and legs were longer, and his voice deeper, but the one thing that was the same was that he still had a major crush on Rarity, much to their amusement.
They were all having a good time, Twilight and all her friends, spent the time catching up, all of them having busy lives now, they only ever got together, once a month at least, so they took advantage of their time.
Spike still was not one to party, and left to return to the library, since Twilight insisted that he stay with them, he was more than happy to accept, it was now late into the night, but to Pinkie, it was never too late for partying.
Dark Star and Applejack, were talking with Flame and Twilight and their family, Solar Glaze was over with their friends playing games, "so how have things been with you too, still not tired of working on a farm, Dark Star?" Flame said as he took a sip of his drink, Dark Star just laughed, "well, it's hard but I get by, and I owe it all to this mare right here" he said pulling Applejack close and giving her a kiss on the cheek, she just giggled and lightly pushed him away.
"Please, he's always complaining, about getting up early, I can hardly take it" she said with a laugh, with the others joining in, they continued to talk for a while, talking about how work has been, laughing and telling jokes, and overall just having a blast.
But then, the night took a turn for the worst.
As they continued to party, they were interrupted, by the door swinging in roughly, they all turned and saw Spike, with a fearful look on his face, leaving them all shocked.
Twilight walked up, "Spike, is everything okay, what happened?" she asked, Spike ran in, with a panicked look on his face, "sorry Twi, I tried to stop them, but they were too many of them, so I ran" he said in a low voice, Flame stepped forward, "whoa, calm down, what's going on, take it nice and slow" he said, Spike looked up at him, "in the library, a group of ponies, were wrecking the place, throwing books all over, I knew I couldn't stop them, so I ran back here" he said, hearing the news, all of them had shocked expressions, but none more so than Twilight and Flame, as well as their foals, Dark Star turned back to Applejack, and saw the same expression she had on earlier, a fearful look, one he had not seen before.
Just as she did, Twilight levitated Spike on her back and ran out the door, in the direction of the library, "Twilight, wait!" Flame said as he ran out after her, soon all their friends were running out of the room.
(Later…)
After running thought the streets, they finally made it to the library, they all stopped, Twilight and Flame saw that the front door was open, they looked at each other worriedly, and walked forward slowly, ready in case somepony tried to attack, unaware to the others, Applejack had a pretty good idea, who was behind it, she just hoped she was wrong.
As they came up, Flame walked forward, and slowly reached his hoof up, and pushed the door open lightly, and began walking in, soon they all walked in, the sight before them, shocked them beyond belief, especially Twilight and Flame, and their foals.
Indeed, Spike was right, the place was wrecked, books lay everywhere, shelves knocked to the floor, family pictures lay on the ground, broken, pieces of glass everywhere, forcing them to watch where they stepped, Twilight was on the verge of tears, as she walked up to a table that much of their family pictures were put.
Pictures of her and Flame on their wedding day, pictures of them before Night Gale was born, everything of them with Shining Armor, all the way to their most recent family picture of all of them, most of them lay faced down, cracked, some pictures were out of their portraits.
Twilight kneeled down and picked up on of them, she let a tear fall from her eyes, she held the picture close to her chest, Flame sighed sadly and walked over to her, he put a hoof on her shoulder, as he did, Twilight spoke up.
"who could have done something like this, there's nothing left" she said as Flame pulled her into a comforting hug, as they did the others began looking around, until they heard the silent weeping of another, they all turned and saw Applejack sitting down, tears pouring from her eyes.
"Applejack what's wrong?" Dark Star asked as he walked over to her and placed a hoof on her shoulder, she looked up at him in tears, Applejack looked over at Flame and Twilight, and then looked down, "oh Twilight, ah am so sorry, this is all my fault" she said, they all looked at each other with confused looks on their faces, Twilight and Flame stood up and walked over to her.
"what are you talking about, this isn't your fault" Flame said, she looked up at them once again, "yes it is, ah…ah know who did this" she said, now they were all really confused, "what do you mean, who did it, come on Applejack tell us" Twilight said with the slightest hint of anger in her voice.
Applejack turned to all of them, tears still falling from her eyes, "my older brother did this" she said with sadness in her voice, that comment gave them all confused looks, "darling, I don't think Big Mac did this, why would he?" Rarity asked, but Applejack just shook her head, "no, not Big Mac, there's something I've kept hidden from all of you for the longest time now, this is the work of my oldest brother, Appleshine" she said and all the others looked at each other with worried and shocked looks.
But it was only going to get worse.
A/N: ooh, I love cliffhangers, don't you, anyway, hope you enjoyed, next chapter is when it really gets interesting, tune in next time to hear the story of applejack's long list brother.
