Chapter 11
Applejack and Twilight sat silently across from each other as the 2 work horses took them to their destination. The scenery crawled slowly alongside them, showing every last detailed piece brightly from the glow of the building. Closer and closer, the 2 ponies sat quietly, with no conversation active. Twilight finally breaks the silence with a loud breath and almost speaks to Applejack, but quickly quiets herself sadly.
"What's wrong Twilight?" Said applejack with semi-big puppy eyes glaring at Twilight with unconditional love.
"Oh… nothing Applejack… I'm just somewhat on edge is all." Said Twilight as she glared down at the seat.
"On edge? What kind of silly talk is that?" Applejack said as she put her hooves on her hip.
"Twilight, you shouldn't be nervous, your safe now." Suddenly, Twilight snapped stiff. She stood paralyzed from fear for about 4 seconds, then slowly turned her head towards applejack with her soulless eyes.
"I'm safe… WHEN HAVE I BEEN SAFE?" Twilight screamed with a ravenous scream.
"Twilight, knock it off! What's gotten into ya?" Applejack says with sheer terror in her voice.
"You know very well I haven't been safe, you've been spying on me this whole time!"
"Twilight this is insanity, cut it out!" Applejack screamed getting up close and personal with Twilight.
"Oh HOW CUTE! You want me to calm down don't ya? Well it's not happening you liar!" Twilight said pulling on Applejack's weaved mane. Applejack whistles to the 2 mares carrying the carriage, stopping them in that moment. Applejack ripped loose of Twilight's grip, pushing her away from swinging distance.
"Twilight Sparkle I am ashamed of you! I offer you my home and personal courtesies and you accuse me! I'm sorry Twilight, but this is for your own good!" Applejack tackles Twilight out the side door while grabbing the drapes sitting by the entry way as they fall out the doorway. She rips the drapes off and wraps it around twilight's front and back hooves. Twilight desperately struggles to get the drapes off of her mouth and hooves, but they are too tight for her. Applejack then grins in pleasure at her fallen friend.
"Alright boys, round her up!" She said waving her hoof towards the fallen mare. The 2 husky looking colts grabbed twilight around her arms and legs, tossing her back into the white carriage. They trotted back in position and waited for Applejack to gracefully return back into her carriage. She returns to the carriage and stares into twilight's semi-focused eyes from across where she sat.
"Now I wish it hadn't come to this, but it's for your own good." Applejack said as she stared down the psychotic pony with a light red glow in her eyes. Twilight noticed this again and knew this could be the true end of herself. Just then Applejack ripped off the other curtain and muffled Twilight. Unable to breath, she desperately struggled till her last breath to fight free, but fell unconscious in the process. Applejack removed the curtain off of Twilight's face to make sure she didn't die.
"That should just about do it… now time to head back home." Applejack said, tipping her hat across her face carelessly. The carriage continued to move towards her home as she slept soundly. 30 minutes passed as the carriage finally arrived to her destination, where she was woken up by her employees.
"Madam Jack, were here." The employee said while tapping on her shoulder ever so lightly. Applejack instantly threw herself out of her dream and looked to see if twilight was still unconscious. She put her hoof on Twilight's neck to check for her pulse.
"It's pretty slow; yep she's still out like a bulb." Applejack said chuckling to herself in satisfaction.
"Dennis, Mark!" She screamed, where the 2 employee ponies stood directly in drill format, front face from their Sargent Applejack. The 2 had a white coat with blue manes and a fire styled tail which leads down to their semi-dark hooves.
"Get Twilight to her appropriate place, I'll meet you there shortly." The 2 ponies shook their head in acceptance and grabbed twilight, taking her to where Applejack planned it to be. She followed around to the other side of the building, arriving to her destination only shortly before the employees. Applejack sat down respectably, giving a hoof signal to the employees to wake her up. Dennis held her face while Mark gave a forceful kick right in the jaw! Twilight woke up with pain and dizziness blending in unsoundly from the impact.
Twilight took a moment, still dizzy, to focus on her environment. From what she could physically see, the entire house was pure white with a leather finish. The floor was tile, the walls were wood, and the chairs were leather; all of which were colored completely white. Not much detail inside for such delightful eye candy the outside has to offer. The 2 employees ripped off the drapes from her mouth and let her speak.
"What's going on? Where am I?" She panicked, before remembering everything that happened before hand. Her panic quickly transformed to hatred as she shifted her attention towards Applejack who sat soundly.
"Applejack, you evil scumbag!" Twilight screamed, trying to break loose of her draped hold.
"Who? Me?" Applejack said, tipping her hat slightly down.
"If it was me Sparkle, you would already be dead."
"That's a lie and you know it!" Twilight screams shaking around in her chair furiously. Applejack tilts her hat up and throws it on the ground, focusing on twilight with furious, yet patient eyes.
"You can't say I'm lying if you never heard the truth Twilight Sparkle." Applejack said with a soft tone. Twilight immediately silenced herself, giving Applejack a deceptive glare.
"Good, just what I thought. On a more important matter, have you seen everything around this home? Great looking place isn't it?" Applejack said as she glared in every corner of every wedge in the whole home. Twilight sat puzzled as to what she found so interesting in the blandness of her all white home.
"I just find the beauty in the simplest things in life, don't you?"
"The décor is nothing but a sugar coated lie, just like you." Twilight said, spitting traces of blood onto the perfectly white floor. Applejack looked at her suspiciously, resuming to what she was saying.
"Speaking of all you went through, I haven't heard back from Pinkie and Fluttershy for quite some time. How have they been?" Applejack said, pressing her front hooves against each other. Twilight only turned her head away, not uttering a single word.
"So that's how it is huh…" Applejack said with an aggressive, yet subtle tone. She stomped her hoof, which brought the 2 employees to Twilight's side. They stared at twilight presumably, waiting for her to make a wrong move.
"I really wish you kept away from my friends Twilight."
"They were my friends t-" Just then Mark grabbed Twilight's throat and squeezed it tightly, cutting off air momentarily.
"Mark, enough." Mark then released Twilight from his grip, giving her the pleasure to breathe.
"Twilight, I'd like to ask you some questions personally." Applejack says waving her hoof for the 2 employees to leave. She gets up from her chair and starts to trot around twilight.
"Tell me twilight; you're the smart one, why would you want to question me?" Applejack said with an arrogant smirk running across her face.
"I may know allot, but I don't know everything. You're not the one that laid unconscious. "
"True Twilight, but nothing is completely free." Applejack said as she rubbed her hooves together.
"Tell ya what though; I'll give you a little sampler of what I know just to make you feel better. Remember that burst of rainbow colored lights that you saw earlier?" Twilight sat silent, not even looking the orange mare in the eyes.
"Come on twilight… I need your word on this." Applejack said with a slight sarcasm hidden between her monotone voice.
"… Yes…"
"That burst of light came from a machine Fluttershy made for me to dispose of as she quoted 'Inconsiderate little brats'. Which is exactly what I did, but don't worry, those 2 little fillies can go wreak more havoc in the heavens above and not my home."
"What… about the light?"
"Oh that? Well the machine breaks down matter into pure energy, which was a great way of getting your attention as I stated before." Applejack said as she boasted in front of twilight.
"Now tell me, do you know what happened to MY friends?" Applejack said instantly switching to a diabolical voice. She stared at Twilight, waiting patiently for her to respond, but she simply tilted her head away from her.
"Have you ever heard of a hard bargain Twilight? Apparently you don't know anything from what I've seen" Applejack said, slightly grinning. Twilight starred with a silent, menacing glare; Applejack knew her answer.
"Since I've already given you a sample of my information, I need your side of the bargain to tell you the rest." Applejack said as she unraveled the drapes from Twilight's hands. As soon as she is unraveled, Twilight turns around and grabs Applejack, but is stopped by a magical hold. Applejack lifted Twilight from her seat, slightly higher than where Applejack stood.
"I'd be careful if I were you!" Applejack said, throwing Twilight to the ground with her levitation spell. Twilight speaks with a sly weakness creeping across her voice.
"Your… not a unicorn… what are you?" Twilight said holding herself awake.
"I'll say this again, you do know what a hard bargain is don't you?" Applejack said, staring down twilight once again.
"I've made 'Agreements' with some people. I'll explain everything to you; all I need is a slight favor." Applejack said, grabbing the pony once again with her magic. She reveals a contract paper and quill from her back pockets, and shows it in front of twilight.
"If you sign this little ol' treaty here, I'll make all your desires come true. You not only get the truth, but you also get what your heart desires, it's still a win win for you Twilight." Applejack said while she pushed the paper and quill in front of Twilight. She then pulled her head up and gathered the strength to speak.
"I wouldn't write my own initials on this flimsy piece of paper if it costs me my life. That contract is the death of me; it's obvious in the poorly made print." Twilight said as she shoved the paper away from her face.
"That was your last chance Twilight, however, I have no intentions to kill you; it's not my side of the bargain to do so." Applejack said while turning twilight close to her face.
"You had an opportunity to get everything you desired, but threw it all away. Now it's my turn to get what I want." Applejack took twilight to a mysteriously vacant door, where she threw her in quickly without a word. Applejack grabbed the door and closed it shut, leaving twilight locked inside. Twilight got up and ran to the door, screaming and pounding.
"DAMN YOU APPLEJACK! DAMN YOU!" Twilight screamed at the top of her lungs, piercing the sound barrier of the door. Applejack stood silently for a moment hearing her, but continued to walk away without a single emotion. Twilight sat at the door, slightly sobbing from the shear loneliness of the pitch black room she would spend her days in. Her eyes began to leak tears of sorrow and despair.
"Oh Twilight, I just LOVE whenever you say that word, gives me such a rush." Said the mysterious figure in the darkness, standing patiently for her to reply. Twilight turned her head towards the mysterious figure with only the eyes of sadness and despair revealing themselves.
"OH HOW WONDERFUL! You look fantastic, have I told you how much I love your mane?"
"You…" Twilight said silently, still staring at the figure without blinking once.
"Who… Me? The figure said with a modest, yet sarcastic tone. Twilight kept silent, only letting her emotionless stare work against the shadow glazed figure.
"Come now Sparkle, you must speak more properly towards your guests!" The Figure said while laughing menacingly. The figure then stepped out from the shadows to reveal his true form, leaving Twilight's emotions unchanged.
"Welcome back Twilight!"