Okay everypony! New chapter is up! Hope the last one brought in excitement, cause this is gonna be the answer to all of your questions! Well instead of where babies come from, but that's not the point! What happened last time!?
1.) The ceremony had commenced!
2.) Coal Miner has appeared once more, still looking like a prick!
3.) Twilight kept getting interrupted!
4.) Applejack shown up and embarrassed herself!
5.) Nicholas is gonna confront Coal Miner!
Read! I don't own MLP!
(WARNING: There will be a lot more cursing in this chapter!)
Chapter 13: Apple Buck Season (Part 4)
I had continued to walk to Coal Miner until I was only 3 feet away from said stallion.
We didn't say anything. All we did was stand and stare at each other with hard scowls. It was if we were telepathic and were sending each other messages that could decipher through simple glance. My eyes were narrowed and focused while Coal's were large with rage. I held back a snicker. It was still amusing to know my simple presence can set him off.
After a few seconds of silence, I finally let out a few words.
"Coal," I began, trying to sound as civil as I could get.
"Don't say my name human." Coal interrupted, a sharp edge to his tone. My brow twitched, but I was intent keeping the 'mature one' image. No matter how much I wanted to blast his face in with magic it wouldn't do anything, but get everypony Equestria on my tail.
"Okay... stallion." I said slowly, keeping my eye on his movements. I watched a lot of TV to learn not to trust shady characters in shady places. "I see you're still the same grump since the Ceremony a few weeks ago." I pointed out casually, earning a growl. I was straightforward, not even missing a beat the second words were said. I went silent for a second because it seemed like Coal was gonna snap at me, but when he didn't say anything I continued for him.
"Look, right now I can see it plain and clear. You don't like me. Period." I said bluntly and Coal gave me a curt nod. Hey at least we can agree on something. "But care to explain to me why you hate me? It's pretty much common knowledge that I haven't hurt anypony."
"That's a lie." Coal finally said making me raise a brow.
"Oh, and how is that a lie? I'm pretty sure that I didn't do anything to hurt anypony." I said before tapping my chin. "Well if you can count tickling Scootaloo until she threw up on my shoulder hurting her..." I mumbled, that was a messy experience.
I heard a strong tap of a hoof hit the dirt beneath out feet. I put my attention back to an enraged Coal Miner and smiled with a 'Yes, may I take your order?' I couldn't help, but torment him like this. I mean he is here spouting nonsense that I hurt somepony. If he's gonna blatantly try to blackmail me straight to my face, it's in my natural right to retaliate. "Coal Miner, seriously. What kind of lie are you gonna tell everypony-"
"You attacked Princess Celestia."
Silence.
My smile was wiped clean off my face and my eyes looked down at the scowling stallion with a sense of seriousness I never thought I had. But it seemed my stare didn't do much to make Coal reel back in fear. "I don't know what you're talking about." I said smoothly, trying to play off what he said.
"Don't lie to me monster." Coal snarled. Monster. There he goes with that fucking name again! "I know what you've done and I'm not afraid to reveal your little secret."
I decided to test him. "Oh really? So let's say I DID attack the princess; why didn't you spill the beans to the press yet?" I shot back and Coal sucked his teeth. Yeah, look who's caught now! "It's hard for ponies to listen to you when they think you're crazy." If I wasn't in such a serious position, I'd be laughing at his ass for his little troubles.
But since I was, I wasn't. I was still caught in a bind. A pony, the only pony in the entire town that hated my guts, knows of what happened at the theater that night. I already knew the risks. Get on Coal's nerves, he snitches. Become his little slave or leave, he still tells. I narrowed my eyes to thin slits. There's on one question: "How do you even know this? We all saw you storm out of the theater." I didn't bother trying to lie. Nopony would have the simply thought that I had assaulted Celestia without seeing something closely related to such a thing.
Coal took a small step forward. "Did you really think I'd leave? I was watching you the entire time." I didn't show my confusion and surprise. "When and where were you the entire time? I think some of us, especially Celestia would figure out somepony was spying."
"Tch, like I'd tell you." Okay, I see. Be a dick Coal, and let's see who gets pricked.
"Okay, fine. If you're not gonna tell me where you were hiding like a little bitch," I insulted earning another pair of raging eyes. "At least tell me what you've heard. Since we both know things the other doesn't, we balance each other out. So c'mon, spill the beans." I said with a hand roll, telling him to continue.
Coal was getting angrier at the continuous taunting and smug attitude, that much could be seen even to a 3 year old pony. But at the same time, I knew he wasn't getting angry purely from my jokes. No, it had to be something else...
"If you really want to know," Coal began gruffly. "I heard everything that had been said in that little backstage area." Coal informed before he got a deviant smirk. Oh no, did he... "And might I say even though it frustrates me, this little tidbit amount of info had the bigger affect on you." If I was sweating I proudly ignored it and leaned a bit forward, arms crossed.
"Oh yeah? And what would that be?" I was almost afraid to even ask.
"You're trapped, demon." Was all Coal said. It was those 3 words that got me pissed right away, as fast as if a person snapped their fingers and a fairy appeared to grant any wish. My hands gripped each arm tightly and I felt my teeth start to grind together in a an effort not to scream in bloody rage. That topic was still sore enough on me that if anybody were to make a joke of it, I'd want nothing more than to smash their face into the bricks.
But I had to learn self restraint; especially now that I can use magic like a unicorn. But if anypony saw the small trickles of blood coming from my nails piercing my skin, they would realize I was already close to flipping the hell out.
"Coal," I began slowly. "While I may deserve a few insults here and there, you WILL NOT talk about my... condition. Do you understand me?" I said smoothly and sharply, a steel edge on my voice that was stern enough to catch Coal off guard a bit. He regained what he had lost and shook his head with a seemingly evil grin. "And who are you to boss me around, monster? If I remember correctly, I hold the knowledge of the assault on Celestia. I could have you sent to prison, or even better be put down." Coal said with a low, almost giddy chuckle.
Ooh, if Equestria was like Earth I would've killed him and be done with it. In 2 seconds.
"And if I remember correctly, 'it's hard for ponies to listen to you when they think you're crazy?'" I gave an arrogant chuckle as I seemed to hover over the stallion. "So what are you gonna do, Coal? What can you use against me now? Nobody will believe I attacked Celestia because I'm the innocent human in the story." I pointed out, not caring if I sounded like I was getting away with murder and acted like nobody died.
The brown colored stallion stood tall, looking up at me with defiant eyes. "While that may be, I have the upper hand." Coal declared, earning a raised brow. "No matter how much trust the town has for you, they will always believe one of THEIR species over something that's not. It may not be now, but their trust won't last forever." Coal said boldly and I glared.
This little shit was really believing he was the big guy between us? I'll show him the TRUE boss between us. "Oh really?" I said and Coal nodded quickly, a sneer plastered on his face. He was ready to retort in a negative manner, but when he had opened his eyes to look at my face, his pupils shrank.
My eyes were glowing a deep red, flashing brighter with each heartbeat. My fangs were starting to stretch out and my wings flared outwards. From my hands in my crossed arms, red mist began to flow from my fingertips. I had a snarl escape my throat as I took a step forward, hands soon dropping to my sides in the form of balled up fists. "Coal, you're really starting to get on my nerves, you know that?" I said in a low, dangerous tone.
Coal took a few steps back and even though he had fur, I could tell he was sweating. He gulped when my height seemed to double over his and my form turned into a shadow with glowing red dots for eyes. "You may be right about the trust thing, but would they believe someone who openly called everypony, especially Celestia, a traitor to pony kind?" Coal's eyes widened to bigger sizes. "Maybe," I said slowly as I held up my right hand. "I should just kidnap you... and throw you off a cliff. Then nobody will know what really happened eh?" I chuckled darkly and it seemed Coal lost his sense of speech.
When my hand was inching to close to his face, Coal suddenly had a burst of courage and ignorance when his mouth latched onto my hand. His teeth dug into my skin in an attempt to harm me. Even though the new 'dragon-skin' didn't let me feel the pain, it was only a natural reflex to use my other hand and punch Coal off my hand.
The stallion gave a pained yelp as his teeth separated from my hand and he flew back into a few crates and trashcans.
Did he just fucking BITE ME!?
My rage was starting to pick up as I slowly stalked towards the groaning stallion. I could hear his low whimpers of pain as he struggled out of the pile of trash bags. The noises of his struggles were loud and attracting; I was actually surprised nopony bothered to show up to check what the source was.
Coal Miner opened his eyes quickly to look at me, some fear clearly evident in his eyes. "S-Stay back! Leave me alone!" He demanded and my eyes flashed a bright red for only a second.
I never knew how good it felt, how amusing it was to see someone look at you as if I held their life in my fingers. Back on Earth, I was one who would never lift a finger in violent intent, not unless it called for it. I was always against violence, thinking it would just accelerate the problems people are to ignorant to stop.
But now... I was ecstatic! The knowledge that I had power over my enemy felt amazing! Why didn't I do this before!?
"B-Back away, m-monster!" I continued to gaze down at Coal Miner with a dark, eerie smile. I was still drawing near him. "Oh but Coal, I can't do that. You see it's only natural that I get even right?" I said darkly, holding up my left hand with the bite marks. Coal's eyes widened as he realized his mistake.
My hands were already glowing in a red aura.
And if Coal was observant enough, he would've learned that those marks had already began fading away.
I was only 3 steps away from the Earth Pony, ready to beat him into a bloody pulp. It seems the darkened left eye hadn't been enough to satisfy me. Coal's whimpering began to sound desperate, as if he was a rat in a box crawling over every inch to find someway to escape.
I was finally upon him, my eyes with a maniacal glint and my fangs shown through my grin. The brown colored Earth Pony looked up at me as if I was the Devil. My only response was to bring up my right hand once more, hand balled up and cocked back in a ready-to-smash-your-face-in manner. But I guess seeing my choice of action sparked something inside Coal's brain. The stallion'a fear had disappeared... most likely pushed away somewhere from the new burst of bravery. Coal had narrowed his eyes at me and his teeth were bared in a scowl. "Hold it right there!" Coal barked suddenly, causing me to freeze in annoyed puzzlement. Great, more insults?
"You can't come any closer, monster!" Coal's voice sounded a bit shaky and I smirked at that. Good, he wasn't at full confidence.
"Oh really? Care to explain why I can't?" I asked in a mocking tone.
"Because, if you lay one more filthy... paw on me, I'll have proof of your attack on me and have you hunted down!" I glared at him for calling my hands 'filthy paws', but slowly I realized that his words were right. If I did beat him up, it'd most likely cause a scene that would lure at least one pony. If anypony saw me practically maul Coal, I'd become the monster he names me. I really didn't want to deal with jail time in the world of ponies, especially at the age of 15.
I looked down at Coal once more before I sucked my teeth angrily. "Fine, but get the hell out of here or else I won't be so merciful." I growled coldly and Coal's response was...
SNOORT! *Spit!* "Don't think you're powerful enough to harass me and get away with it, human."
Silence. Pure, dreading silence.
I don't know how, why, or WHERE he got the balls to do it, but I didn't care.
My brow twitched in a fury that meant extreme, excruciating agony as a smug smirking Coal stood in front of me. The feeling of his saliva stick to my left cheek had only fueled my growing hatred for the pony.
I was squeezing my hands so hard, my nails were piercing my palms again. If looks could kill, Coal would've been ash... as well as the trash bags around him and brick wall behind him... all the way to the planet's core. But sadly and infuriatingly, that ability wasn't given to me and Coal had been free to step out of the bags.
"Coal...!" My voice was hard and cold with my eyes boring holes in his head.
The stallion only scoffed at me. "Think of it as payment for that little punch back there." Coal retorted before trotting out of the alleyway. "From now on, we're enemies." I said, gaining enough of Coal's attention to make him look back at me. "And nothing's gonna change that. So you better watch out." I warned and the stallion snorted before turning back around. "Fine with me. Who'd be friends with an animal like you anyway? I don't want rabies!" Coal gave me a mocking laugh as he started to walk out in public, out of the range where death could be kept a secret.
I stayed in the darkness of the alleyway, staring long and hard at the stallion as he confidently walked off as if he just finished a fight by waving a hoof. Coal... that bastard would and forever will be number 1 on my new 'Death Chart'.
I gave a low snarl before I wiped the spit from my cheek. I looked at the substance on my hand before my eyes flashed a new level of bright red. With a quick grunt of anger, my fist threw itself against the brick wall, making a loud 'CRACK' sound. My wings flexed opened and I shot into the skies like a rogue rocket going to the moon. I needed to blow off steam before I hurt anypony.
But if anypony had looked where I was last located, they would've seen a large spider-web like crack on the bricks, with a fist shaped center burrowed an 4 inches deep.
I was gliding smoothly through the skies with sweat being a thin layer over my skin. I was panting lightly as well. If you're probably wondering and most likely already knowing the answer, I was doing quick laps around Ponyville at full speed to let off some steam; aka going Mach 3 speed. (Oh yeah, I'm getting closer to racing Rainbow Dash)
Even though I had tired myself out enough where I wasn't a blazing ball of fire again, I was still a bit peeved. God, Coal really got under my skin; something not a lot of people, nor ponies could do in such a short amount of time. But the only thought that kept me happy, in the slightest, was the thought of how lucky Coal Miner was that I was the human teleported through the portal. If I was another person, a person who had immense anger problems, he wouldn't be walking today. Or hearing. Or seeing... or breathing.
I had a hollow chuckle escape my lips. That thought alone couldn't stop the constant picture of a large pool of blood on the ground. Damn, you do NOT know how much I wanted to blow his head off! I mean seriously!? He SPIT on my FACE! Who the hell does that!? I thought this was a place of Harmony!
I sucked my teeth and spun around where I was gliding on my back and my arms were crossed. "I guess not, seeing as how things aren't as nice and dandy as they portrayed it in the shows." I mumbled aloud and closed my eyes. I wasn't really bothered that each time I blinked, a picture of Coal in the most dangerous methods of murder appeared. One was me using my hands to smash his head in, another was burning him alive, and one even had me cutting off his limbs and shoving them up his-
"Nicholas! Hey! Down here!" I lazily opened up an eye and looked down. Down in the middle of the street was a familiar purple unicorn waving at me with a purple hoof. I gave a slightly amused and relieved huff. 'Good, at least she could 'try' to take my mind off of Coal.' I thought before I did a nose dive to the ground.
Twilight had only took a few steps back as I came closer to the ground. I think she thought I would be coming in for a gentle landing, but with how fast I was going towards the earth I could see the unease in her eyes. But to ease her worries, and only to add new annoyance, I did a powerful flap of my wings to immediately stop my acceleration. The wind hitting the ground was so strong that I had actually froze in the air for a second or two before slowly coming back down to my feet.
I let out a content sigh before hearing a low growl. I looked back to Twilight and saw that a messy mane was the source of her annoyance. I almost started laughing when I realized my wings had caused a burst of wind strong enough to blow up her mane. Literally. My purple friend had gave me a scolding glare before she used her magic to fix her hair. "Thank you Nicholas for that... wonderful experience." She deadpanned and I gave myself one clap.
"You're welcome, Twilight." I thanked nonchalantly before putting my hands on my waist. "Now how come you called me?"
"Well, I'm still on my way to speak to Applejack. Since your talk with Coal went by pretty quickly, I thought you'd want to join me?" I gave her a small nod.
"Sure. I'm bored anyway so I might as well annoy AJ some more." I grinned and rubbed my hands together deviously while Twilight shook her head with a sigh. "Please don't aggravate her too much. We don't know if she's in trouble." She warned before turning and slowly trotting down the path. I followed at her side with my hands in my pockets. It took only took seconds for there to be enough silence for Twilight to attempt a conversation with:
"By the way, how is Coal Miner now? Is he nice or-"
"Not. Definitely not." I cut her off with a blunt reply. There was no way in hell that I was gonna talk about that pony anymore than I have to. And I was glad Twilight got my message to leave it be.
"Oh." Then we were silent. Okay, maybe I was a bit too harsh in my retort. After a few more seconds of quiet... "Sooo," I said slowly, leaning to the side closer to Twilight. She glanced at me with a disapproving stare as if she knew what I was gonna say. Ouch, already reading me like a book cover. "You wanna fly there?" I really wanted to move at a faster pace than this. Come, please say yes, please say ye-
"No." CRAP!
"Oh come on, it's not like I'm gonna drop you."
"Still no."
"Then can we teleport?"
"Nope. Too much energy for a simple visit."
"Tch, fine..." And so went along a quiet walk with Twilight to Apple Acres.
"There she is." I said as I sat upon a tree branch and gazed ahead at an amusing sight.
Only a few trees away was Applejack, who was looking worse by the minute. She was still working by herself and trying to kick down her family apples. She seemed to succeed with the tree behind her, but as soon as she was done shaking out the tired feeling that was taking over her body, she tried to kick the now empty tree and launched herself back when her back hooves met with nothing.
Applejack fixed her footing before shaking her head again and scowling before moving closer to the tree... or basket of apples that was just recently launched across the grass. I whistled a low tune under my breath. While we both might have a thin level of friendship and trust between us, I didn't have a problem admitting that I had been admiring her determination.
But that doesn't mean I still don't think she's stupid for taking this job all by herself.
"I can see her just fine, Nicholas." Twilight said from below. "Now why don't we go over and talk to her?" She suggested and was about to walk until she saw my face only a few inches away from hers.
I was hanging from the tree branch by my tail, legs crossed and hand cupping my chin. I raised... lowered a brow in this position? As Twilight backed away with a slight blush I used my other hand to point back at Applejack. "You sure you wanna do that Twilight? Applejack seems a bit irritated at the moment." I pointed out, warning my purple friend about a certain feisty cowpony.
My unicorn friend snorted a bit. "And that is one reason to talk to her. As a friend, it's my duty to help Applejack if she has a problem." Wow, talk about loyalty. I stared at Twilight for a second before shrugging. "Eh Ok. Just keep in mind that it was I who warned you." I said 'ominously' waving my arms around and making 'scary' ghost noises.
Crack! "Oh God no-
Twilight let out an amused giggle as I twitched and groaned on the ground, my face planted in the dirt. "Now if you're done fooling around, let's go-"
"Actually," I cut off Twilight after I pulled my face from the dirt. I didn't acknowledge Twilight's annoyed frown. "I think I'll stay somewhere hidden. I don't think it's a good idea for me to be around her right now." Twilight blinked quizzically as I sat on my rear and rubbed the clumps of mud from my face.
"Why's that?"
"Well for starters, Applejack still has some sort of grudge against me and second," I paused and pointed back to our orange friend... who was currently snoring while she stood. "I don't think bothering her while she's frustrated and tired will help."
Twilight looked at me with a raised brow. "Really?" She deadpanned.
"Hey, she bucked me twice and you were there as a witness!"
"You let her do it the second time."
"Because I thought she would get it out of her system and be nicer!"
"Just come on."
"No! She's gonna attack me again!"
"Fine, then go hide in a tree or something!" Twilight ordered before trotting around me and towards Applejack, who was constantly waking up and dozing off. I stared at my purple friend after I leaped into an apple tree and hid in the leaves. There was no way I was dealing with a grumpy Applejack trying to buck me out of Apple Acres.
I just hid secretly in the tree to watch everything as if I were watching the real show. Suddenly my stomach growled. I put a hand on it and scowled. 'Damn, I burned off lunch during those laps.' I thought in annoyance. 'Now I'm hungry, but I don't have anything to-' Then I realized what kind of tree I was in. An APPLE tree. I had a smirk as I looked to my side to see a perfectly round, red, juicy apple hanging from a smaller branch. I snapped it from the branch and quickly sink my teeth into the fruit like a starving animal. It was only then that I felt complete enough to watch my 'show' begin. I swallowed with a smirk. "Ooh, this is gonna be good."
"Applejack!" Twilight called out to her friend. "Hey Applejack!" She shouted again, but only got a quick snore in response. Twilight'a brow twitched in annoyance before her horn started to glow and she disappeared in a purple flash.
Twilight reappeared before Applejack and leaned towards her face. "Applejack!" She exclaimed, the volume of her voice effectively waking up her orange friend. After getting over her startling wake up call, Applejack tried to gather her bearings by starting with a tired smile. "Howdy Twilight."
"What is all this?" Twilight asked, moving her head to motion towards the trees and filled baskets surrounding them.
"It's Apple Buck Season." Applejack said as she began to trot passed Twilight to one of the trees with empty buckets around it. In another flash of purple colored magic, Twilight was in front of Applejack once more as the orange pony got into a standard bucking stance. "Apple what season?"
"It's what the Apple Family calls harvesting time." Applejack explained as she bucked the tree behind her. Seeing all of the apples fall from the tree's branches and full the baskets made Applejack nod before she started walking again. "We gather all the apples from the trees so we can sell 'em."
Applejack almost tripped from surprise when Twilight teleported in front of her again. "But why are you doing it all alone?"
"Cuz Big Macintosh hurt himself." The orange cowpony answered and continued to walk. Another teleportation spell.
"What about all those relatives I met when I first came to Ponyville?" Twilight reminded with a raised brow. "Can't they help?"
"Ugh, they were just here for the Apple Family Reunion." Applejack said as Twilight started to walk alongside her. "They actually live all over Equestria and are busy harvesting their own orchards. So uh, I'm on my own." Twilight looked puzzled and stopped in her tracks.
Seeing Applejack ahead of her without stopping, she magically appeared before her again. Applejack stopped and leaned to the side to look at the trees behind Twilight. "Which means I should really get back to work." Twilight stood staring at her friend until Applejack gave her the "Hint, hint" cough. "Get back to work?" Applejack tried.
Twilight sighed and raised her chin. "Fine." She said as she moved to the side to allow Applejack a path to her trees.
Applejack had looked really dazed as she wobbled side to side on her hooves. "Uh, could you step aside Twilight?"
The purple unicorn blinked in confusion. "I... just did." Twilight took a step closer to Applejack, who was narrowing her almost crossed eyes. "Applejack you don't look so good." Twilight accused in worry. Applejack shook her head and gave a reassuring smile.
"Don't none of you three worry none," Applejack demanded as she walked to another apple tree. "I'm just fine and dandy." Twilight only watched her friend travel to a tree and try to buck the apples off, only to kick air from being too far from the bark. "Whoa!" Applejack stumbled, trying to catch her bearings again.
Twilight's horn had begun to glow purple again as she charged up another spell. Catching Applejack a bit off guard by flashing in front of her again, Twilight took her friend's pause as a chance to speak. "Do you... want some help?"
Applejack's eyes widened. "Help?" Applejack raised her snout and turned her head. "No way, no how!"
"But there's no way you can do it all on your own." Twilight tried, only to lean her head back from Applejack's getting in her face.
"Is that a challenge?" She asked with narrowed eyes.
"Um, n-no?" Twilight squeaked.
"Well I'm gonna prove to you that I can do it." Applejack declared, snorting a bit in Twilight's face. The unicorn took a few steps back to get comfortable ground in the conversation. Applejack stood tall and huffed. "Now if you'll excuse me, I've got apples to buck." She informed before zooming pass Twilight to buck apples off of trees.
Twilight only stood dumbstruck at what just happened until she heard leaves shuffling. "I told you." She heard and scowled. "Oh be quiet."
I only chuckled on a tree branch with an apple core in hand. Along with Twilight, I just stared at the retreating Applejack through the apple trees. Yup, I totally warned her, but did she listen? Nope! Hehehe!
Rainbow Dash's P.O.V.
Tip, tip, tip, tip, tip! I growled.
Sweet mother of Celestia... Where IS she!? I've been waiting here for 30 minutes and she still hasn't shown up! I started to tap my hoof against the pink fence pole even harder with a strong, annoyed scowl on my face. Applejack's lucky I'm loyal to my friends, or else I would've been out of here a LONG time ago! I had a deep growl in my throat that meant she better get here soon or else-
My right ear twitched when I caught onto the sound of rushing hoof-steps. "There you are!" I exclaimed hotheadedly.
Applejack stood beside me, panting as if she had galloped miles at top speed. And judging from the thick sweat coating her orange fur... she probably did. "I'm a might sorry Rainbow, I was busy apple bucking a-and I guess I closed my eyes for a second and when I woke up, I-I was late." Applejack explained and I rose a brow.
To fall asleep when apple bucking? That's not normal, even for Applejack. Maybe I should call off and go talk to Twi-
"Now what's this new trick of yours?" Applejack asked.
As if I was a computer and Applejack was the code, everything doubting Applejack seemed to erase. I let a large smirk overtake my features and my wings extended excitedly as I pointed to already set up equipment. "See that contraption?" Applejack followed where I was pointing.
Where I was pointing was mostly a basic system type of contraption. It had a jumping platform towering over the ground by at least 20 feet. The tower stood over a smaller platform, one that was build almost like seesaw structure, but if one looked closely one would find a red target symbol on the seesaw end pointing to the jumping stage.
"Well I'm gonna stand on one end and you're gonna jump down from that platform," I pointed to the higher platform. "Launching me into the air faster than I can take off on my own. Once I'm in the air I'm gonna do some amazing flips and spins that are sure to impress the Wonderbolts!" I explained excitedly, but when I tilted my head to look down at Applejack, I noticed a worried expression on her face.
"Isn't that a might dangerous?" She asked me.
"Not for a pony that can fly!" I said with a grin, doing a flip in front of her to emphasize my point. I saw Applejack shrug and say "Alright..."
I almost squealed like a mouse in excitement and zoomed over to my spot, readying up for the GREATEST LAUNCH EVER! I looked up to see Applejack already looking down at the launchpad with narrowed eyes, as if she's trying to locate a certain something from a far distance. "Oh my..."
"Ready?" I called out. "1..." Applejack blinked in surprise. "2..." She shook her head and steeled her legs. "...3!"
THUD!
I winced in reflex when I saw Applejack meet ground without even the slightest cushion of softness of any kind. I heard Applejack ground from under her hat and extended my wings."Uuh... " I began as I hovered over to an already getting up Applejack. "Maybe I wasn't clear. You're supposed to land on the other end." I pointed out, gesturing to the target symbol with my hoof.
"G-Got it..." Applejack shakily said with rolling eyes.
I nodded and flew back to my spot, a slightly doubtful frown on my face. I watched Applejack climb back to the top of the platform and soon saw her stand at the edge. I got into a fly stance just as she leapt off...!
Thud! "OOF!"
"Uh... why don't we try it again?"
CRASH! "GAH!"
And again...
SMASH! "UGH!"
Okay, enough was enough! I stomped my hoof and blew air out of my nose. "Applejack, what the hay is going on!? I mean I thought I was working with Ponyville's Best Athlete!" I accused and Applejack shook her head to get rid of her dizziness.
"You are!" Applejack shot back defensively. Applejack moved closer to the launching platform. "I'm okay, really. I-I have an idea, watch this!" I saw her stand up on her hind legs and grab the other end of the launch pad. I heard a grunt and the next thing I know, I'm levitating a few feet higher from the ground, staring down at a tiredly smiling Applejack.
"Tada!" Applejack tried. I only narrowed my eyes as I glared at her. Applejack chuckled nervously. "Maybe not. Okay one more try, I'm sure to get it this time." I was gonna say something, but Applejack let go of the wood and I crashed back down to earth with an "Oof!" I swore I saw swirling rainbows around my head.
I blinked my vision back to normal and looked up to see Applejack staring down at me again. She seemed to look focused before backing away from the edge. I gave a relieved smile thinking she was gonna quiet, only for it to change into a horrified gasp when I saw her jump into the air.
My eyes widened and my hooves flailed around. "W-WAIT!" I shouted in panic, but the second I saw one of Applejack's hooves touch the target symbol, I was sent flying through the air with a long "APPLEJAAAAAAACK!" Trailing with me just like the rainbow trail coming from my tail.
At some point I thought I heard "You're welcome!"
After I flew for a few more seconds, I let out a loud grunt of pain when I felt myself land. On something hard. I heard ringing in my ears and moaned in pain. I tried to move my wings, only to feel sharp cracks in my bones. I winced from a sharp pain from my right wing.
"Can I help you?" I flinched and opened my eyes to see Twilight, or more specifically 3 Twilight's reading a book. I quickly shook my head to fix my vision.
"I... I think somepony else needs your help." I said slowly.
"Applejack?" Twilight deadpanned.
"Eeyup." I said before I passed out.
Ooh, well this chapter has been a bit random hasn't it? Got you even more interested though, didn't it? Hehe, well...
Will Cole Miner finally overstep his boundaries and get f***** up!?
Will Applejack become an insomniac!?
Will Rainbow Dash be afraid to fly from this experience!?
Find out soon on Unexpected Turn of Events!
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