A/N:
Eric Peterson - It's how I think how the ponies would act. Idk it's weird, but nothing is going on between the ponies and Jackson. Red and Vinyl are a couple and will not interfere with the relationship between Luna and Jackson, and nor will Tumbleweed. Tumbleweed is just a normally trusting and loving pony, who I've tried to make her.
Thanks for the review!
Chapter Fourteen: A day with the Apples.
The next morning was the best I had in a very long time. I had awoken with Luna under my right arm, head on my chest. She was incredibly warm and I dared not to wake her.
Last night was.. different. That's all I can really say. I mean, nothing ACTUALLY happened.. I had Luna stop what she was doing and I explained how I felt about it and she was happy to wait, but I still had to.. 'service'.. the princess. I still feel a little weird about it now.
"Morning love" Luna said groggily as she placed a kiss on my lips.
"Goodmorning" I replied back to her in a loving tone. She was looking right into my eyes.
"About lastnight.. I'm sorry if I pushed you a little" Luna apologised "I guess not seeing you for so long just built up, but it's been more than a thousand years since i've felt like that"
"It's alright Luna, I already told you that" I repeated for the tenth time now.
"I love you" Luna said as she fell back asleep on my chest.
"I love you too" I whispered back in her ear.
I didn't manage to get back to sleep, there were too many things going on in my head. My mind was recovering from the spell that Luna had placed on me a few days ago. I felt dumb without her mind there for me to 'tap' into. Even the world seemed to have an odd grey tinge to it.
And the things that happend lastnight, my brain won't shuttup about it! 'You are one sick puppy Jackson' it would tell me, or something else like 'What were you thinking?'.
Luna's breathing was becoming quicker and quicker. Her legs were twitching and she was making little 'yelping' noises. She was having a bad dream, and passed experiences with Vinyl and Red told me NOT to wake a sleeping pony, especially when they're the size of Luna. Vinyl managed to nick my loins with her hoof when I woke her up, imagine what a pony twice the size of her would do? She'd do a little more than nick.
As bad as I felt, I'd just have to let her sleep through it.
Everntually she woke up, her eyes were welling up. "Bad dream huh?" I asked her, obviously knowing the answer.
Luna just nodded and dug her head under my chin.
"Need to talk about it?" I asked, if she needed help, then I was going to be there for her.
The dark mare just shook her head and held me closer. "Hold me" she begged. I was already doing that, but I held tighter.
Half an hour of 'snuggling' Luna got up and started to shape herself up. Her bags were already in the room. 'Why would she need bags?' I wondered 'It's not like she needs to wear clothes right? I mean, I know from what Rarity told me that ponies like to dress up, but why?'
Luna levitated a brush out from one of her bags and started to brush her mane and tail, looking at herself in the mirror that hid Vinyl's 'Sex Dungeon'. I shuddered at the memory of the other night.
"I'll be in the shower" I told Luna as I took some clean clothes out from my saddebag backpack that Applejack had given me, and it had been modified by Rarity to fit on my back.
I looked at Luna's reflection in the mirror and saw her face, she was pouting and frowning at her hair. She couldn't get some knots out?
I chuckled to myself and went to the bathroom, which was located IN the guestroom. Fancy fancy Vinyl.
I turned the hot water on in the shower, letting the room steam up as I got undressed.
I turned the cold water valve to get the water to a tempurature I liked, seeming as it was summer, it was a cooler than usual shower.
The bathroom door opened, but luckily enough after the last run in with ponies 'accidentally' finding me in the shower, I had convinced Vinyl to get a shower curtain.
"Jackson?" I heard Luna's voice, it was almost unaudible, muffled by the curtain and water hitting the floor.
"Yes Luna?" I asked her, popping my head out from behind the shower curtain.
"Can I join you?" She asked, there was no blush on her cheeks, so she musn't want to do anything like last night.
"Sure, jump in" I told her. Luna wasted no time getting in, as she teleported behind me with a flash, blinding me momentarily.
"I can't get this stupid knot out of my hair, I need to wash it and I couldn't stand it any longer" She confessed, water hitting her coat and mane, making it sag and grip to her figure. "So excuse me for one moment".
Luna teleported out of the shower and I heard clattering in the bathroom before she returned, blinding me again.
I found her holding two bottles of shampoo and conditioner up to my face.
Luna cocked her head to her left and pouted, her mane was covering one of her eyes. "Please?" she asked, ever so cutely.
"Well I can't.. wait no pretty much anything can't say no to that face" I said in defeat as I took the shampoo bottle and opened the cap.
Luna's face was full of joy as she turned to her side.
I turned the shampoo upside down and squeezed one long line starting from the top of her mane all the way down to her tip of her tail. Now she was blushing.
I started to gently scrub my hands on her back, foaming up the sweet smelling gel. I massaged her body all over, even her chest and areas she couldn't reach. It was like giving a dog a bath, except this dog had wings.
I moved to each wing, massaging and scrubbing the base before moving onto the rest, my fingers going in between each feather. Luna was purring.
I moved onto her tail, foaming it up as gently as I could, cleaning between each strand of hair.
Running my fingers up her back to the base of her mane I started to massage her shoulders.
Luna moaned "You're amazing with your fingers you know that?" she said teasingly.
"Heh, thanks" I replied with a grin. First time I've been told that in my life.
I slowly moved up her mane, getting behind her ears and eventually to her fringe.
My fingers found the knot, which had Luna yelp in pain.
"Sorry! I'm so sorry!" I said retracting my hands from her hair.
"It's alright Jackson, please continue" She said as she pushed her head into my hands again. "Please?"
"Oh alright then" I said before placing my hands on her head again, brushing her mussle and chin with my fingers and washing her neck. I then moved back up to her mane, where I once again found the knot.
Taking extra care, I slowly massaged the knot out, much to the relief of Luna. I moved onto her horn, before she mover her head away, nearly slicing my wrist with it's tip.
"Woah there Romeo, not there" She said in an embarrassed tone.
"What's wro-" I started before quickly stopping. "Oh" I said, taking a look at the horn and feeling dirty. "Sorry"
"It's alright, you didn't know. But I'll let you touch it oneday" She said with a wink.
I turned around and took the showerhead off of it's holder. I was about to start to wash Luna off before taking a good look at her.
She looked like a marshmellow. White suds were covering her body head to hoof. All I could see other that white were her eyes, horn and wings, which had sprung up and returned back to their spot when I touched her horn.
I started to giggle, before dropping to my knees in laughter. "What?" Luna asked before teleporting out. From the guest room, I could hear Luna's laughs. She was probably looking at herself in the mirror.
Luna teleported back.
"Wash me off now!" She laughed.
"But it's too funny! Vinyl would love to see this!" I said, cluching my sides.
"Vinyl won't ever see this" Luna said in a panicky voice "Will she?"
I looked up to Luna, who had her head cocked to the side and was pouting. God damn me to hell "No fun" I said at the pouting Luna. I could just make out her lips through the white. I gave her a quick kiss on the lips, before retreating and washing my mouth out with the shower head. "Soap does NOT taste good" I stated, Luna couldn;t hold her laughs any longer as she fell to the floor laughing.
"Laugh at me will you? My little marshmellow?" I said in a playful tone as I pointed to shower head at her, squirting her face with water.
"Ahahaha stop it!" Luna as she tried to cover her face from the water.
She soon calmed down, but we were both still giggling as I washed the rest of the soap from her mane and coat, placing my hand over her eyes so it wouldn't find it's way into them. Soap and eyes don't mix!
By this time, the hot water had run out and we were now having a cold shower. Luna put her aura around my hand and levitated it up to her eyes, squinting at my fingers.
"You're all wrinkly Jackson!" She laughed as she touched her hood to my hand. "You feel funny too! You're not soft anymore"
"Humans do that when they've been in water for a long time, so now we are clean time to get out?" I asked.
"Yes, although I'd much rather spend more time in here with you. I had so much fun!" Luna said exceitedly.
"So did I" I replied, showing a large smile.
"Oh! Before I forget, Celestia wants to meet you in two weeks alright?" Luna said slowly, making sure I pick up every detail "She wants to start over from the beginning, scratch the being thrown into dungeon part"
I laughed nervously "Why two weeks then?"
"She wants things to die down. She doesn't want you to think of her until then" Luna replied.
"I can do that" I told her, and Luna thanked me.
I got dressed and Luna finished making herself pretty, which I told her show doesn't need to do.. she's already pretty enough.
We made our way out the door and started to walk down the hallway before we heard a scream coming from Vinyl's room.
"WHO USED ALL THE HOT WATER?" Vinyl screeched as she swung her door open, towels wrapped around her head and body. Luna and I had guilt painted all over our faces.
"YOU!" She screamed towards us as she picked up a magazine and rolled it up "YOU LITTLE MONSTERS!" She was trying to murder us with a magazine. "Little?" I said in a disbelieving manner.
Note to self: Don't use up all the hot water.
Luna and I ran back to the guest room as fast as we could and shut the door, locking it behind us.
"GET OUT OF THERE!" Vinyl screamed as she hit the door repeatedly.
"I thiink we should wait in here for a little while" I whispered to Luna, who nodded to me. She could easily escape by teleporting outside the house, but that would leave me alone to fend off Vinyl if she managed to get in.
We waited for atleast twenty minutes. Vinyl finally stormed off.
"Don't do it again!" She screamed as she stomped down the hallway.
We waited another five minutes before emerging from the room. Hopefully Vinyl wouldn't try kill us again.
Sneaking down the hallway, Luna and I could hear Red and Tumbleweed still talking, but then we heard Vinyl giggle. They were all in the dining room.
Luna's ears drooped and both our heads hung down low as we walked in through the door. All eyes were on us, Vinyl was giving us her signature smile, which made all my nervousness go away. Pretty sure it had the same effect on Luna, who was blushing intensly.
"Sorry for that little tantrum before. I am VERY sensitive over my water" Vinyl told us.
"So Redheart told me" Tumbleweed teased as she nudged Vinyl, who's face was nearly as red as a tomato.
Luna and I started to laugh, and soon the rest of the ponies before us were joining in.
Eventually we calmed down and Red and Tumbleweed went into the kitchen to start making breakfast, which left Vinyl, Luna and myself.
An awkward silence fell over the room. Luna wouldn't look at Vinyl, she just hung her head to the floor.
Vinyl was the first to speak. "I'm sorry alright?" Vinyl told us again.
"I forgive you, and so does Luna" I replied "But Luna feels horrible for what we did, and so do I"
"Well I forgive you lovebirds, hope you had fun last night and in the shower using MY hotwater" She said with a wink and brushed her hair up from her eyes.
Luna was first to react "We didn't do anything like that" she protested, giving me a thoughtful look. I nodded in a confused agreement.
At first, Vinyl didn't buy it, but then she finally gave in. "Alrighty well I'm going to go help Reddy and Tumbleweed, see you soon" She said.
Vinyl left Luna and I in the dining room, and we began to talk.
"Why did you lie to Vinyl about lastnight?" I asked her.
Luna scooted over closer to me. The table had two long bench seats, much like a picnic table.
She wrapped a wing around me and pulled me in close. "I know how you feel about it" She said softly "I wouldn't think that you would want anyone to know what we do in our private time"
"Well.. You can tell if it's what you want" I replied "I want you to be happy".
she wrapped her other wing around me and held me with her forelegs, nose up against mine. "Jackson, you being here makes me happy" She said as she gave me a kiss and wrapped her neck around mine. It felt like I was in a sleeping bag. "I wouldn't trade you for anypony in the world"
"AWWWW!" We heard Redheart gush. We turned to see her standing in the hallway with a jug of water and five cups floating next to her.
"Hey Redheart" I said casually as Luna gave me a sloppy kiss on the cheek "How long were you there for?"
"Enough to have my heart melt" She said sheepishly "That was adorable!".
She walked up tp the table and placed the water and cups on the table. "Breakfast shall be ready in five minutes" She said as she bowed and giggled.
"You silly pony" I laughed as she got up and went back to the kitchen. I heard two more 'Awwes" come from the kitchen; Vinyl and Tumbles.
Luna and I just looked at eachother and shook our heads before turning to the door and waiting patiently. Luna rested her head on my shoulder, and still had her wing wrapped around me.
True to Red's word, breakfast came out in five minutes. Pancakes. I was going to become a pudgey human soon.
We finished breakfast and Luna and I insisted we clean up. It wasn't hard, Vinyl showed no intrest in it, Tumbleweed's culture said not to, and Redheart just didn't want to have us do anything.
With the dishes done, Luna and I went to the recording studio.
Nopony was here, but there was a note on Vinyl's swivel chair. Picking it up, I read it out to Luna.
'Jackson and Luna,
Have gone out with Reddy and Tumbleweed, be back later this afternoon.
If you leave the house, remember to lock up and leave the keys under the front pot plant.
Vinyl'
"I wonder where they've gone" Luna questioned and I shrugged my shoulders.
"Beats me" I said. "Everypony has plans"
"Well I have to go see Twilight Sparkle soon anyway, want to come with me?" Luna asked.
"I can't, I have to go see Applejack. She needed to talk to me about something" I replied, which made Luna's face droop but picked up when she started to think about Applejack needing to talk.
"What about?" She asked me.
"Well yesterday, Tumbleweed and I went for a walk and Applejack was nice enough to give us lunch at her house" I started "I gave her a hug and she said she wanted to talk to me about something".
"Well I won't hold you back" Luna said cheerfully and we both rose from the table "I'll see you this afternoon alright?" She asked and gave me a kiss on the nose.
"You will" I said as I gave her a hug and ran to the soundproof room to fetch my guitar, and soon left the house on the way to Applejack's.
The day was just as hot as the last. I had to stop in Ponyville to 'buy' some water from the local co-op. (A/N: For those who don't know what a co-op is, I'm not sure if it's an Australian thing or not but it's a store or supermarket that small country towns have).
I walked into the co-op. It was as big as Vinyl's house, but had no walls. It was, at it's most basic form, a large empty, single story room, but it had isles of canned food, refridgerated and frozen food, ice-cream, sweets, cupcakes and pretty much everything you could think of. I walked up to the refridgerator, pulled out a bottle of water and went and lined up at one of the two lines of ponies waiting to be served. All the ponies were looking at me, slightly freightened, but soon adjusted to my presence. The pony infront of me adjusted first.
"Hey there stranger!" Said a yellow mare with an orange mane, she had two saddlebags over her back. "Names Junebug, what's yours?"
"My names Jackson" I replied "It's a pleasure to meet you".
Junebug chuckled and shuffled her feet "Aww well it's nice to meet you too" a small blush was forming on her cheeks "So you must be the human everypony is talking about"
"Talking about me?" I asked the pony before me, and she nodded in reply.
"You're the talk of the town, that performance you did at the nightclub was awesome and I think it made the paper" She said as she handed (Hoofed?) me the daily newspaper.
True to her words, there was an article on the front page, with a picture of me dancing with the other ponies.
The article read as follows:
HUMAN HITS THE DANCEFLOOR, HAS GOT STYLE.
Yes, that human that everypony has come to know has come out of his shell and mingle with the ponies in the club. An interview with the DJ known as Vinyl Scratch tells us more:
'What can you tell us about the human?
Yeah Jackson's a pretty cool guy, he's got some talent I'll give him that.
Where does he live? He lives with me of course, anypony or in his case human, with that much energy and talent gets to share a pad with yours truely.
OH! So is there anything going on there?
No no! I'm with my one and only Redheart. I love her to death.
So Jackson's available then?
Sorry ladies, that fine hunk of meat is taken by Princess Luna herself. Can't say I'm not a little jealous, but everypony is right?
He must be something then! I mean if he's with Princess Luna..
You haven't seen everything about him. Luna told me she's the happiest pony in all of Equestria.'
So this human , Jackson, has become the new phenomenon in Ponyville. I ask you all to be kind to him, we need to be ourselves, the loving and caring ponies we are.
He may be different but deep down he's the same.'
I looked up to Junebug, who was smiling. "I've read that over and over" she said as she placed her groceries on the black conveyor belt, which brought the items to the unicorn cashier who packs them in bags and collects the money from the buyer. "I'd love to get to know you"
I was flushing, from both the article and Junebug's words. "H-how does tomorrow sound?" I asked.
"Sounds great! I'll meet you at Ponyville square after lunch?" She suggested.
"It's a plan" I replied, smiling towards the friendly pony, who's groceries were packed and she paid over the counter to the stallion.
She picked her bags up and put them into her saddlebags as I was being served.
The cashier picked up the bottle and looked through a book, before telling me the price.
"That'll be two bits please sir" He asked politely, the look on his face was one of absolute boredom.
I then realised I had no money. I hadn't thought about getting a job because everything was here for me, either at Vinyl's or by another ponies expense, and if it was I'd always find a way to repay them.
Junebug caught my distress and trotted over to me, placing two bits on the counter. The cashier took them and Junebug pulled me away so the next pony could be served.
I just looked at Junebug and opened my mouth to thank her before she cut me off.
"No need to thank me, you can repay me tomorrow" she said with a smile.
Great. Now I NEEDED to get a job.
Junebug left for some unknown place in Ponyville and I left to walk up the long dirt track to Sweet Apple Acres, taking regular breaks.
Ten minutes or so later, I spotted Applejack in the orchard buckeing trees, making the fruit fall down into the buckets laid beneath.
As I got closer, I could see that she was sweating more than before.
"Hey Applejack!" I said as I got to a mere five meters away.
Applejack jumped and turned around "You scared the living heck outta me".
"Sorry" I said as I kicked the dirt "Here have some water".
I held the bottle up to Applejack, who took it and took a big swig. She handed it back to me and sat under the shade of the tree she was working on.
I sat next to the orange country mare and she took her hat off and put it on the ground.
"Whoo-ey! I never liked the heat, takes the energy right outta ya" She told me, trying to catch her breath.
"Just walking here was a struggle" I told her.
Applejack's lips curled "Now that's just plain lazy".
I chuckled "Well I need some work to keep in shape" I told her, hoping she'd get the hint.
She got the hint. I've never felt this exhausted since working on my own farm.
I was helping her buck the trees. Obviously I wasn't bucking the trees, but I was picking up the apples that didn't fall in the basket and putting them where they should be, aswell as picking up each basket when they were full and unloading them into a nearby cart.
It was nearing three by the time we had finished, we worked through lunch and our stomachs were growling. Farming does make you hungry, which backs up my thought from the day before when the Apple family were inhaling their food.
Applejack chuckled when out stomachs grumbled at the same time "I think we should go get some food" She said cheerfully as I helped her hitch up to the cart.
"Jump on!" She told me, flicking her head to the cart.
"Won't I slow you down? I weigh more than a couple hundred apples.." I said slowly.
Applejack looked at me and shook her head, lips curling at the sides. She waved her flank in the air and stamped her back hooves "These bad boys need to be tested, plus.." Applejack tensed her flank muscles, showing how big they were "I've been using em' everyday. They're the strongest in Ponyville, aside from Big Mac's that is".
"Alright, show me what you got!" I said as I jumped into the back of the cart. Within seconds, Applejack had the cart at half speed (The fastest it could go with a full load of apples and a human on a bumpy road. Don't want to lose a wheel now). "Woo-hoo!" I cheered as we were nearing the barn, Applejack looked back and winked before slowing the cart down.
I jumped off the back and walked around the side, unhitching the orange pony from the cart, who had a smirk on her face.
"Told ya didn't I?" She said, pleased with herself.
"That was awesome!" I exclaimed, and Applejack put her nose up in the air and crossed her forelegs, accepting the praise. "Applejack!" A voice came from inside, and seconds later Applebloom came rushing out and into Applejacks legs, hugging her.
Applejack returned the gesture, embracing her sister in the hug.
I awkwardly shuffled in the moment. The little filly looked up from her sister and saw me, before she ran up to my legs and hugged them. AJ chuckled.
"Alright alright Applebloom, me and Jackson have to talk. Where'd Scootaloo and Sweetie Belle?" She asked.
"Well, Sweetie Belle is helping Rarity and can't come out until tomorrow and Scootaloo is practicing for the school athletics compe-competi-" She couldn't pronounce the word.
"Competition?" I finished for her.
"Yeha that's it. Anyway ah've been stuck here by mahself all day" She said sadly.
"You coulda come helped me today, I needed it" AJ scolded.
"Ah'm sorry sis', Ah didn'tknow which paddock you were in" She replied.
I looked at the sad little filly. "Tell you what, after Applejack and I are done talking, I'll come out and play with you. How does that sound?"
Applebloom's face lit up "Will you really?".
"Of course!" I replied cheerfully.
Applebloom did a little dance around me "!" she chanted.
Applejack burst out in laughter "Alright Applebloom, but you have to let us talk first okay?"
Applebloom nodded furiously "Okay, don't be too long though!"
"We need to take as much time as we need, Applebloom. This is important" I told her, and looked up to Applejack who had a smile and a small blush on her cheeks.
"Are you guys getting married?" the filly asked us ever so cutely.
Applejack and I looked at eachother, back to the filly and back to one another and burst into laughter.
"No Applebloom" AJ said in between her laughing. "C'mon Jack, lets's go get married" She said sarcastically and she entered the house.
I turned back to Applebloom and crounched down. "We're not really getting married".
Applebloom rolled her eyes "Suuuuure" She said as she ran off to wait for me.
I turned back to the house and entered the front door, where Applejack was waiting for me.
"Thankyou for that Jackson, It means a lot to me to see Applebloom so happy" She said as she gave me a hug. I've never seen this side of Applejack before. She always acted tough and brave, but this was a more caring, sensitive side.
"You're welcome AJ, I'd do anything for you. You're like my best friend, you know that right?" I asked.
"Aww, you're my best friend too, besides Twilight and the others, but we have to be friends for the elements to work, unlike you and I" She replied with a smile on her face. "C'mon, lets go to my room where it's private. I need that hug right about now"
"Thats a good idea" I said as she turned and led me through her house. I took off my guitar and left it by the door.
We eventually got to her room, which was up a flight of stairs. On her door, there was a sign hanging on it, probably made by Applebloom which read:
Applejack's Room.
Before she opened the door, she stopped and turned to me. "Alright, I have to say something before we go in" She started, her accent was soothing "What you're about to see is private, you can't tell nopony anything you see in this here room. I trust you, and that's the honest truth"
"You don't need to worry about that AJ, I won't tell anyone, and that goes for Luna too" I replied, which made her muscles untense.
"Thanks sugarcube" She said as she pushed open the door.
Her room was samll, but large enough to fit two beds, one to the left side and one in the center of the far wall underneath the windowsil.
Over the bed to the left was a shelf of pictures and trophies. Walking over to them, I looked at the largest, which was of a pony twirling a lasso. It had 'Ponyville's Derby Champ' enscribed on the metal plate on it's base.
I looked at the pictures, which had photos of Granny Smith when she was young, Big Mac and herself standing under their first planted trees and a picture of Manehatten at night.
I heard Applejack sit on the far bed and sigh, looking out the window. She bowed her head and started to sob.
I moved over to her and wrapped an arm around her shoulders and brought her into my chest.
"So what's up?" I asked, trying to put as much thought and care into my words as I could. I don't do this very often.
"A lot of things, The sky and Rainbow Dash for starters" She chuckled, even when she was hurting. She had a heart of gold.
"I meant what's wrong? I'm here for you to talk about it, for as long as you need" I told her, making sure she heard me.
Applejack wrapped her hooves around my neck and dug her head into my collar. "Granny Smith doesn't have much time left" She cried, tears wetting the front of my shirt. 'Maybe I should get a waterproof shirt?' I thought to myself.
"How long?" I asked her, feeling her pain.
"Two months at most. Doc said her hip broke down so much that small parts of it somehow got into her bloodstream" She said, gripping me tighter "It got to her heart and she had to be taken to hospital. If the doc didn't get the chunk of bone out from her heart, she would have died. But it won't be long until it happens again, and next time we might not be so lucky".
I couldn't say anything, there were no words that I could say to make her feel better. I new how it felt when people tried to say something to take away the pain of losing a loved one. No matter what they say, it doesn't stop hurting.
"He told us even if she survives a second round, the trauma to her heart and body will kill her within a week" She cried harder, biting my shirt to stop herself from screaming.
I stroked her mane "I don't know what to say AJ, I can't fix it. Even is we had the strongest unicorn in all of Equestria to perform a healing spell, it wouldn't be enough. She's lived a good life hasn't she?" AJ nodded "You don't need to say anything, holding me is more than enough".
I had an idea. "Maybe.." I started but trailed off.
"Maybe what Hon'?" Applejack asked as she brought her face up to look at me. "I'll be right back!" I said as I broke her embrace and raced out the door.
"What in the-" I heard AJ say before she was out of earshot.
I returned moments later with my guitar strapped around my neck.
"Maybe we can write her a song?" I suggested.
I saw Applejack smile, a smile which I hadn't seen for many years. "That's a great idea" She said and sat up on the bed as I sat down next to her. She rested her head against my shoulder. "Thankyou Jackson" She said softly as she took her hat off and laid it on the bed.
"But seeing as I promised Applebloom that I'd play with her, I'll just play you a song" I said, which made Applejack smile again.
"You don't need to do that" She told me, taking her head off my shoulder.
"I want to, and we'll start working on Granny Smith's song in two days, I'm busy tomorrow. It should be Saturday then right?" I questioned the orange pony.
"Yeah, I'm free Saturday" Applejack replied.
"Well now you're not, I'll be over in the morning if that's alright?" I asked.
"That's good" She replied.
"Alright well" I said as I strummed random notes on my guitar "Comfortable?"
"I am Sugarcube" she replied.
"This would sound better with drums and stuff but here goes" I told her so she'd understand "Just incase it sounds terrible".
I started to strum my guitar and I closed my eyes, feeling the rhythm on the music being created by my guitar.
'I wish I knew you
Way back when
Before you were part of my plans
I think that we would have been friends
There's only time to live our lives
And you'll be the one who's by my side
And I can promise you then
You'll always be my best friend
Till the end when we part I will give you my heart
And I'll promise to love you with all that it is
And I'll promise to be there whenever you need me
Because you'll always be my best friend
You'll always be my best friend
You'll always be my best friend
You'll always be my best friend
You'll always be my best friend
You'll always be my best.. friend'
I opened my eyes to see that Applejack was crying again.
"I've never heard anything so beautiful in my life" She said she she hugged me "Thank you so much Jackson. You'll always be my bestfriend too"
I embraced her hug, and a few moment later, found I was trapped.
"You can uh.. let go now" I said teasingly. She retracted her forelegs and went back to her position on her bed.
"Well I suppose you had better get going and play with Applebloom" AJ said, sadness returning to her eyes.
"Hey, I'll be here to spend the whole day with you on Saturday, don't forget that" I told her and got up from the bed.
Just as I got to the door, Applejack interupted me.
"OH! I nearly forgot" She said as she dove into her bedside drawer and pulled our a hefty sack of coins. "For your help today"
"Applejack I couldn't" I told her.
"Well you have to, because you worked and you get paid. Besides, you earnt it" She said she she shoved the pouch into my stomach in a friendly manner.
"Now get along now, you don't want to keep that filly waiting. She's amazing at getting what she wants" She informed me "Goodluck"
"Cya AJ" I said as I left her room, moving down the stairs.
I looked at the clock hanging on the wall near the front door, which read five o'clock.
'Shoot, sorry Luna' I thought, remembering we couldn't talk like that anymore.
I opened the front door and found Applebloom trying to balance on a soccer ball. "Jackson!" She said as she jumped off the ball and charged at me. I ran, chanting "You can't catch me NA-NA-NA-NA-NA-NA!".
My guitar was flopping around on my back, I couldn't see the filly anymore, so I took it off and laid in against a tree so it wouldn't get damaged. Just as I laid it against the trunk, I heard something moving in the tree. I looked up just in time for Applebloom to strike me in the chest, tackling me to the ground. It didn't hurt, but she sure got some force behind her.
"Tag, you're it!" She screamed as she touched my nose and ran off squealing. I gave her a headstart and watched her enter the apple orchard.
Ten seconds later, I was rushing into the orchard after her. She was nowhere to be seen.
'She's good!' I thought to myself as I scanned the area. Then I had an idea.
I focused my energy and cast a spell on myself. My eyes went blind and I dropped to my knees. I had read in one of the books in Twilights library that there was a thing called a 'seeing spell'. You could think of however you wanted to see the world and it would happen.
Slowly, I opened my eyes and saw that the spell worked. Everything was outlined in an orange border, leaves, stones, insects. Everything in my line of sight was made easier for me to see. It was an augmented reality.
I looked down and could see hoof tracks on the floor, which had a feint green glow in my new vision.
"FEE FI FO FUM! I SMELL APPLEBLOOM'S BUM!" I said and laughed at my own joke. I then heard giggling coming from the west, along with more glowing hoof tracks.
"I'M AN ANGRY GIANT AND I LIKE TO EAT LITTLE FILLIES FOR DINNER!" I said as I stomped around, pretending I didn't know where she was. I caught a glimpse of her red bowtie from behind a tree. I started to stomp towards it, sniffing loudly pretending I could smell her.
I stopped at the tree and I could hear her faint giggling. "Where could that filly have gotten to?" I questioned outloud, knowing the answer. I turned around, facing my back to the tree which Applebloom was hiding.
"Ah'm right here ya' big ugly giant!" She said she she jumped out from her cover behind the tree.
I turned around slowly, like a giant would, and spotted the filly out in the open. She turned and ran away from me, giggling like crazy.
Every step she took, I could see glowing hoof marks where her own hooves were planted before. I slowly stomped after her. Even moving this slow I could catch up to her.
My magically enhanced vision started to fade as I got closer to the filly. Once I was close enough, I picked her up and slung her over my shoulder.
She was kicking and flailing her legs like crazy "You'll make a fine dinner" I said and stomped off the way I had come.
"NO!" She screamed and kicked her legs around again, hitting my chest and back.
I knelt to the ground and laid her on her back and started tickling her.
"Stop it!" She laughed as I tickled her. "Stopitstopitstopit!"
I pursed my lips and went down to her belly, blowing a raspberry on it, which made her giggle even more.
"Only if you come back to the barn with me" I said in a deep voice.
"Only if you stop tickling me!" She squealed as I bent down and blew another raspberry on her stomach.
I stopped after a few minutes of tickling and dodging legs, and we were walking back to the farm house. "That was so fun!" Applebloom cheered as she rode on my shoulders "Ya have to come and play with Scootaloo and Sweetie Belle too!"
"I will, I'm coming back on Saturday, how's that sound?" I asked.
"Ah'll let the girls know tomorrow" She said excitedly.
Another five minutes of walking and we eventually made it back to the barn. Celestia's sun was setting and Luna must have been getting ready to raise the moon.
I set Applebloom down and moved to the tree where Applebloom skydived me, picking up my guitar and slinging it over my shoulder.
"I'll see you Saturday okay?" I said as I crouched down and opened my arms.
Applebloom ran up and wrapped her forelegs around my neck "Ah won't forget" She said as she broke the hug and moved back to the house. Just before she walked through the door, she turned and waved to me.
I waved back and she went into the house. My stomach rumbled louder than it ever has before, which reminded me that Applejack and I didn't get any food when we got to her house.
I ran back to Ponyville with only one thing on my mind.
Food.
A/N:
Alright, Chapter Fourteen done! Broke the 50k mark too.
Thnks for everyone who has been supporting me in this fic.
Song used was 'You'll always be my best friend' by Relient K.
Merry Christmas guys.