THE APPLE OF MY EYE
CHAPTER 11
Applejack had to admit, she was exhausted. She had woken up from her nightmare and hadn't fallen back to sleep, the scene with the Timberwolves replaying Over and over again in her head. It was only when the sun had fully risen and she heard yawns from her friends did she realise the time. "I don't know about you girls but I slept like a foal!" Rarity giggled, removing her sleep mask. Well of course you did... The orange Mare thought acidly and her mind. Surprised by herself Applejack stumbled out of bed, grabbing her hat and silently packing her bags. "Are you alright?" Twilight looked over the farm pony suspiciously as the lavender alicorn noticed the bags under the earth pony's eyes. "Don't none ah' you five worry none, I'm just fine and dandy!" She grinned back to friends, but inside she was trying to convince herself. Rainbowdash suddenly sat up, stretching like there was no tomorrow. "What time is it?" The blue pegasus looked around the large room as if a clock would magically appear. "Time for me to get back to the farm, it's been wonderful though!" AJ curtly nodded and smiled before placing her beloved headpiece onto her head and backing out the door. "Without breakfast?" Pinkie pie blinked, surprised by her friend's odd behaviour. "Eyup, have plenty to do at the acres, so ah' might as well go!" The earth pony couldn't believe she was doing this, but right now she just needed to think, and her head was all fuzzy from lack of sleep, probably from two dream nights in a row, one annoying, one bad, both mysterious. The orange mare turned back around and trotted briskly down the corridor, leaving the five mares behind her to share confused glances. I have left them all discombobulated. Applejack could say the word in her head, but the moment it would have reached her lips she would have a hell of a time pronouncing it. She opened the door to the crystal castle, the cold stone touching her fur. AJ winced at how bright the sun was and shielded her eyes with a hoof. She moved along the path, crossing back into ponyville. As she messy- maned mare passed she heard multiple whispers form the crowd of ponies. "There's one returning from the castle..." One whispered to another. "I wonder what they do there?" The pony hushed back. Aj snorted, would they believe me if I said pillowfights, truth or dare and spin the bottle? She shook her head clear of thoughts as she worked on returning back to the farm.
Arriving at Sweet Apple Acres, Applejack passed under the archway sign and trotted along the path toward she house, not bothering to keep her hoovesteps quiet, the rest of her family would be up and at em' anyway. The mare climbed the porch and opened the door slightly, it creaking. "Ah'm home!" She called, her loud voice echoing through the old house. "AJ!" Applebloom tumbled down the stairs, her small legs making it look like the little filly was about to trip. The foal came to greet her and Applejack leaned down for an affectionate nuzzle with her sibling. The yellow filly beamed up at her older sister, her knotted mane making it obvious she hadn't brushed it today, either that or she had done some serious cutie mark searching. "Hey Applebloom, how ya'll doin'?" Applejack stood back up, smiling lovingly down at her kin. "Big Mac made some more pancakes for breakfast, how awesome is that, pancakes two days in a row!" The foal bounced up an down excitedly and the farm pony chuckled at the young un's childish nature. "Yeah that is pretty awesome!" She agreed with the filly and the two of them moved into the living room where the rest of the family awaited their presence. Big Mac was sitting on the couch, Granny Smith rocking slightly in her rocking chair, it squeaking slightly with each new angle. "Hey ya'll!" Applejack cheerfully hugged her Granny on the way past, but the elderly mare was not easily fooled and could clearly see the darkening bags under her granddaughters eyes. "Too much pillow fighting?" The tea green mare coked an eyebrow, glancing at her grandchild's tired green eyes. "Nope!" Applejack chuckled and moved past the elder and sat next to her big brother, the red stallion silent as usual. After a minute of relaxed silence the large stallion beside her got up and walked into the kitchen, returning swiftly with a plate of pancakes, which he handed to Applejack. "Thanks Big Mac!" The orange mare smiled gratefully up at her brother, Macintosh going back into the kitchen to finish up with cleaning some plates Aj presumed was from breakfast. She quickly ate her pancakes while she watched Applebloom trot out of the room, probably going back to her bedroom, most likely to work on some devious scheme to get her cutie mark. Finishing the pancakes Applejack stood up, returning her plate to the kitchen. "Ah best be to work!" The orange mare trotted to the door, opened it and walked outside to start the day.
This is perfect, AJ always thought best when she was working, the cool breeze billowing through her fur as she bucked the trees. And right now she could get her thoughts down on her odd, orange mare swung around and kicked a tree, the branches swaying before dropping it's precious fruits onto the hard ground below. They where both related to Spike and Rarity, one of the mentioned having to save the other. If the main focus was upon those two saving each other, then why was she there in the first place, just being a random background character in these dreams? The farm pony bucked another tree, the apples tumbling into their respected buckets. What if she had another one tonight, if she had two dreams/nightmares in a row, why would they stop now? At this disturbing discovery her next kick was off and she ended up slamming her hooves against the side of the tree, they sliding off, leaving a few splinters in her legs. "Ouch!" She cried and watched as some splinters left blood pooling in their wake. Aj reached down and pulled the splinters out, giving a small wince as each splinter was taken out. This just reminded her, applebucking was dangerous work, she or Big Mac had often gotten hurt working in the orchards, returning with a sprained hoof, or when branches came off, a broken rib. But this was life, pain after all is just a stupid message to your brain to tell you to stop something, but pain would never stop the apple siblings from their work. "Ah'll be back for you later!" She hissed up at the tree frustratedly. Turning around she left the buckets filled with apples for Big Mac, as the stallion would collect them later. She trotted up the hill, towards the pig pen. But as she neared closer the earth pony could see two figures in the distance, steadily growing closer. "Twialight, spike!" The mare greeted her friends cheerily, she didn't want them to feel her confusion over her thoughts. "Hey Aj, just came to see how you where doing, you seemed a bit...off... This morning" the lavender alicorn smiled and walked up to the element of honesty. "Like ah' said earlier, just fine n' dandy!" They both nodded, satisfied with her answer, until Twilight's deep purple eyes caught sight of the blood on her friend's leg. "What happened?" The dragon beside her also saw caught sight of it. The mare shifted her leg so they couldn't see it. "Just a small accident in the orchard, don't worry just splinters!" She waved off their concerns with a hoof. "Right..." Spike raised an eyebrow, as if he didn't believe her. "Are ya'll Callin' me a lia-" she trailed off as the sun set Spike's scales alight with sparkles. Blinking Applejack shook her head. "Right, well unless you need some help we'll be going-" the princess started but was cut off when Aj shouted "you can help!" Twilight's eyes widened shocked, and Applejack didn't blame her, it was so rare she asked for help... "Only if you want to..." She smiled awkwardly, scuffing her hoof on the ground. She was surprised her body bad betrayed her like that, it was probably because I felt guilty for leaving the sleepover earlier. Yeah that was it... "Sure, Twilight was just going to get me to organise books anyway!" Spike walked with her as the trio trotted back to the pig pens, the alicorn frowning,annoyed at her number one assistant.
The orange mare threw the slop from the bucket into the trough, the slimy, but surprisingly edible, slop running down the sides, the pigs digging in greedily. "So... What exactly can we help with?" The element of magic put down the hay she had been working into a bed for the pigs, her eyebrow raised, suspicious. "Umm...ah...um..." The far pony looked around frantically for something her friends could help with when her lime green eyes rested on one of her dog's many chew toys in the corner of the pig pen. "You can uh... Help me walk Winona!" She sat up and started walking out of the field where the pigs were currently eating. "Ah' promised her an extra big one today for missing out yesterday!" Relieved with her excuse the the earth pony trotted with her friends towards the house to fetch her loyal companion, who was lying in her soft bed, sleeping. The canine lifted an ear lazily as her owner took her leash from the cabinet. Almost instantly the creature was awake and standing by Applejack, wagging her tail excitedly, letting out a few joyful barks. "Let's go girl!" The orange mare laughed as the collie dog rocketed out the door, wind whipping in both of their pelts. Winona almost instantly stopped tugging as they exited and instead trailed along the ground sniffing her yard, nose pressed against the grass. Twilight and Spike flanked Aj and followed the dog, who every now and then let out a sneeze as she scented the grass. Chuckling the orange mare whispered to the two beside her. "You guys better catch up." The dragon and alicorn shared a small confused glance before Applejack reared. "Go girl!" The second her forelegs touched the ground the collie was off, her owner pounding after her. Equines are naturally faster than canines, so it was easy for the mare to keep up with her companion as they cantered across the town, mane and tail flying, ponies leapt out of the way as the two galloped, being incredibly fit, and with their amazing stamina they could have gone on for ages. But the two behind the, weren't nearly as skilled and they stopped at the park so Twilight could catch up, Spike clutching onto her mane as he lay on the studious alicorn's back. Twilight panted and managed to gasp out. "Don't ever do that again!" She put a hoof up as if to tell Applejack off, but set it down as she took another rasping breath. Spike slid off her back "that was great! Nothing like a little wind in your scales, heh Twi?" The dragon nudged his gaurdian and the lavender mare growled warningly at him, only for the young dragon to Brush it off with laughter. "Right, so while where here, want to play catch with Winona?" The farm pony grabbing a stick off the ground that was laying next to a tree. "Sure!" Spike took the twig from her hoof and chucked it across the lawn, the farm dog cheerily chasing after it. The dog kept retuning it, the trio taking turns at throwing it. Applejack couldn't help but admire how persistent the young dragon was, he kept at it no matter how many times Winona brought back the stick for him to throw again. Once she realised she was staring the earth mare shook her head again and blinked, looking up at the sky. It was then did she realise the time. "Shoot, we be best be goin' it's been mighty joyful though!" She picked herself up and called to the canine, who was busy chasing a crow across the grass. Upon hearing her name Winona raced back over to her and sat down. But as Applejack picked up the leash the collie whimpered, and looked up at her with wide, pleading eyes. "Okay, one more!" She bent down to fetch the stick, but so did Spike and the two of them needed up colliding heads, their hoof and claw touching. It was then that AJ did something she rarely does. Like ever. She blushed. And that wouldn't be so bad, for Fluttershy, Rarity, Twilight any of the others really, they get light pink tints over their cheeks, whereas Applejack gets either a Deep red or pink blush that sprinkles across her freckles and the bridge of her nose... How embarrassing... She jerked her hoof away flustered, as if on impulse and left Spike to throw the stick. Trying to compose herself she grabbed the leash again. It was then she heard a voice. "Hey AJ, wanna race back?" Rainbowdash floated downwards from the sky, the light blue mare flapping her wings gracefully. "RD, where you a spyin'?" Applejack suspiciously looked up at her friend. "No, I was napping, that tree is one of my favourite spots, I practically leave the pillow up there!" The pegasus pointed to slightly familiar looking tree, and one of the branches did indeed have a pillow, and a blanket... AJ raised her eyebrow. " doesn't it get rained on?" The orange mare questioned "well..." RD answered back, and pointed to above the tree, where a perfect circle round the leaves in the clouds was formed. "You know you could get fired for that right?" The farm pony rolled her eyes at the pegasus. "Yeah, but I'm the quickest cloud buster, they'd be on their knees begging for me back if I left!" The rainbow maned mare laughed and her friend joined in. Applejack extended her hoof, and Rainbowdash hit it with one of her one, their hoofbumps where always perfect. "Not to interrupt, but should we be gong ?" Twilight smiled and gathered up Spike on or her back as the little dragon wiped his face from one of many of Winona's 'kisses'. "So no race?" Rainbowdash asked, boredly. "maybe another time!" The cowpony called over her shoulder as she clicked Winona onto her leash. "K, back to napping!" The blue mare flew up to her branch, getting comfortable under the blanket. The earth pony watched as the pegasus ruffled her feathers, and then turned to leave. "I can take her!" Spike asked enthusiastically, reaching his claws for the leash. The cowpony handed the leash over, smiling giddily despite herself. "Let's go!" Twilight grinned, and started leading the way, her number one assistant following, the reptile getting covered in affectionate licks. Applejack quickly caught up, and watched as Spike struggled to keep Winona on track. Chuckling she told the canine "heel!" The collie blinked at her before walking obediently at Spike's side. "Thanks!" The purple and green dragon relaxed his shoulders and started to walk the dog.
The orange mare waved her two friends off, the pair had to return to the library, but both had agreed they had a fun time. Walking back inside the earth pony shut the door behind her, walking back into the lounge room where her granny was now knitting what looked like the beginnings of a scarf. Applejack sat down, and couldn't stop a smile from spreading across her face. Granny Smith looked up, glancing at her granddaughters grinning face and giving a warm smile of her own. "Your grinnin' like a foal!" The tea green mare teased her close relative. "No ah'm not!" She snapped back, but felt her cheeks heating up again, with embarrassment or maybe something else. Jeez, blushing twice in a day, this was so weird, she needed to lay down. "Whatever" the elder's eyes where sprinkled with wisdom that Applejack felt she almost had to look away from. "Ah' need to rest" the cowpony got up and started to trot to the stairs that lead up to her room. "O'kay, lunch will be soon!" Her gaurdian called after her as she walked tiredly up the stairs. Giving a simple nod AJ entered her room and nearly collapsed onto the bed. She wanted nothing more than to sleep,to rest her troubles away. But as she lay on her soft bed her thoughts slowly started creeping in, plaguing her mind with things she wanted to get away from. Dreams, blushing, uncontrollable thoughts... This sounded like something she should know, but what? After a little bit, Applejack felt like she was drifting off to sleep, and she was all for it, but then remembered, what if she had another nightmare? Her eyelids felt so heavy, her body so numb, if she could just rest... AJ felt her eyes flutter closed. Suddenly the door burst open with a loud bang that startled Applejack awake before she had even gotten to sleep. She spun around on the bed and saw Applebloom strolling in. The little yellow filly leapt up onto the bed, smiling. "AJ, AJ!" The foal stood above her sister, oblivious that she had helped her sibling. Chuckling she replied "yes Applebloom?" The cowpony looked up at her little sister's excited face. "Wanna see somethin' ah' built?" The young pony grinned and jumped off the bed, letting her sibling sit up "sure!" Applejack followed, crawling out of bed.
"Nice..." The orange mare trailed off, she had no words to describe...it... "You like?" Applebloom grinned, and AJ nodded, unsure what to say. She was staring at what seemed to be a pile of wood mashed together with nails. "Just one question..." Her eyes trailed over the mish mash of wood. "Where is the wood from?" She turned to her little sibling, who was currently jumping up and down in excitement. "Oh, ah' got em' from the barn, they had some spare pieces where the roosters nest." Applejack blinked, she didn't even know about that. "Right, well ah'ma leave you to it, lunch is almost ready!" The orange mare trotted out, leaving Applebloom to grin at her creation.
Trotting past the kitchen she saw Granny Smith cooking lunch. Avoiding the enthralling smell, she walked past and went outside, heading to the barn. She had to see these planks herself. Entering the barn Applejack stepped over sleeping pigs and bales of hay to get to the ladder. Climbing the rungs she crawled onto the platform where the roosters slept. Sliding along it the orange mare ducked to avoid hitting her head on the rafters. Sure enough there where multiple prices of wood, stacked into a tidy pile on the end of the platform. "Weird" the cowpony shook her head, she hadn't known these where here, let alone what they were for. "What are you doing up there?" She jumped at the sound of her brother's booming voice, hitting her head on the roof. "Ouch!" She cried, covering her head with a hoof. She glared at her sibling with piercing green eyes. "Ah' was tryin' to find out what this wood was for!" She pointed towards the pile. "Oh, that." He blinked before staring at the pile. "I think that was what we made the chicken coop out of..." Big Mac started walking out, and AJ scrambled down the ladder after him. "Speakin' of chickens, did you feed them this morning?" The large red stallion looked at his younger sister out of the corner of his eye. "Wasn't it your day today?" Applejack returned the look, nervously. "neope." Big Macintosh chuckled at her expression. "Shoot! Gotta go!" The mare took off, racing towards the chicken pen.
"Ah'm really sorry!" Applejack chucked some seed into the pen, the feathered creatures swiftly picking up the scattered seeds. At her words a few chickens lifted their heads to glare at the farm pony annoyedly, before continuing to hungrily eat. "Whoops..." She whispered, frustrated at herself for forgetting a simple detail like feeding the chickens. Suddenly, she heard her Granny call out from the house "lunch is ready young un's come and get it!" Damn that mare had a good set of vocal cords, the avians in the pen scattered, clucking, at the loud cry. Smiling, she turned back around she dashed off to the farmhouse, blonde mane and tail flying behind her like flags on a windy day. Racing in the door she leapt into her seat, awaiting the food hungrily, almost as hungrily as those chickens had eaten their seed. Applebloom scrambled down the stairs, her little hooves making little clip clop noises on the wood floors. She jumped into the seat beside her older sister, redish orange eyes sparkling as she looked over the food their gaurdian had prepared. Big Mac was already seated, on Applejack's other side. Granny Smith stopped handing out food and sat down herself. The three siblings chorused the words "thanks Granny!" And then dug in.
Applejack and Big Mac returned to the fields, and that's how they spent the rest of their afternoon, the sun beating down on their backs as they slaved away in the orchards. AJ kicked another tree, then dodged as a stray Apple fell away from the others. She had been doing this for awhile now, and she had slowly grown more tired as the day wore on, getting almost no sleep the night before hadn't helped a might. Applejack swayed slightly as she forced herself to stay awake. She kicked again, but realised she had missed the tree. The orange mare looked up towards the sky, it was late afternoon, soon the stars would be out and she could go to sleep. Despite her dreams/nightmares, sleep was to good an invitation for her to pass. Applejack had often accidentally worked herself too hard, by the end of the day she would sometimes faint next to a tree, where her brother would find her. Yeah, Applejack was embarrassed about that... Kicking again she hit the tree this time, her satisfaction raining down in the fruits of labor. Literally. After a few more successful kicks, met with a thud as her hooves connected with the trunk of the hard tree, the sun started to lower behind the horizon. "Phew!" She wiped some more sweat off her brow, and shook her mane as it was getting plastered to her head and neck in sweat. "Should we get packed up?" She heard Big Mac walking behind her, carrying a cart with buckets of apples inside it. "Eyup!" Applejack chuckled, and making sure she was walking normally so her brother didn't catch onto how tired she really was, the mare trotted back with him. They arrived back at the house just as the first stars where sprinkling themselves across the sky. Applejack swiftly walked inside walked up the stairs. "Goin' to bed, goodnight ya'll!" She called over her shoulder, and walked briskly into her room.
Laying herself down on the bed, Applejack hung her beloved hat on the headboard. The mare pulled the covers over herself, and felt as if she was melting into the mattress. Her green eyes fluttered closed.
Applejack snapped her eyes open, she was standing on top of what looked like a large building. Glancing around her she realised she was standing next to Rarity and Spike. Rarity was in a dark blue skintight suit, covered in a lighter blue gem patterns, she had two bracelets, one for each front hoof, they where a pinky purple, and looked as if they where alive. She also had a fancy looking mask that covered the fur around her eyes. Spike had blue boots and a blue belt, he also had a red cape that flowed behind him like a curtain, and he had a black mask covering the scales around his eyes. Blinking Applejack looked down at herself. She was in a red suit, with a black anklet around each ankle, they had a golden apple in each one. Her tail and mane, except her fringe was in a green wrapping, she had black saddlebags that hung around her sides, lasso rope hanging off them. She could also feel a mask around her face that covered everything but her eyes and muzzle. Suddenly, what looked like a tornado whizzed past, picking up both Rarity and Spike, their hooves and claws grabbing aimlessly in the air, reaching for anything to hold onto. Panic settled into Applejack's nerves and she looked around for something she could help them with. "Mistress mar-vellous, help!" Rarity cried. "Comin'!" Applejack yelled back, she responded to the name without a second thought. "Your lasso!" Spike squealed as he was whipped past. Swiftly she grabbed the rope in her mouth, the orange mare launching it towards the twister. She missed. The farm pony tried again. She missed. What- miss- was- miss- happening- miss- she- miss- never- miss- misses! The tornado spun away, it slowly going out of sight, the last thing Applejack heard was the desperate cries of her friends. Collapsing to the ground the orange mare covered her face, she had failed... Suddenly a burst of light filtered through and the earth pony winced as the bright light hit her eyes. The light was a hole, inside the hole was a figure. Applejack stood up and saw who it was. "Princess Luna?" She watched the dark blue alicorn strolled through the hole, flying over to stand beside the element of honesty. "Wait... Ah'm dreamin'?" Applejack sighed, relieved as realisation swept through her like a flood. "Yes, and I am sorry I haven't been here for your other dreams, I have been busy." The princess of the night apologised. "so tell me, why are you having these dreams, your usual ones are of your family and, unsurprisingly, apples." Applejack smiled from the alicorn's words. "Ah' don't know, but ah've also been blushin'... And ah' now have uncontrollable thoughts!" She waved her hooves in the air frustrated. The princess nodded wisely and started to widen up the hole with her horn. "Blushing?" The mare almost seemed to smile as she stepped out of the dream, beckoning Applejack to come with her. The mare gladly followed, but gasped as she realised she was standing on what looked like stars. Luna gave a small laugh. "Yeah, well blushin' more than usual anyways..." Applejack nodded, embarrassed. "Sounds like somepony has a crush." The princess said the words without abandon and giggled as Applejack's eyes widened. "Cru- what no, no, no!" The earth pony frantically waved her hooves, a little flustered. "Right...well wait here, I have to go get a dragon that has been having nightmares of his own." The alicorn swiftly walked down the path of stars, leaving Applejack there. "Ah' can't exactly go anywhere!" She called after the dark blue mare, cupping her hooves so she could hear. Wait if Spike has nightmares himself, what could they possibly be about? A small part of her brain was wishing they where about her. Shaking her head she watched as two figures drew closer, one being a alicorn, the other a dragon. Spike stood next to applejack as Luna stood across from them, her horn slowly spiralling in a white light. "What do you think is going on?" The dragon looked up at, confusion in his dark green eyes. Applejack simply shrugged, lost herself. Suddenly the spirals where complete and went almost in exactly opposite directions. "Alright, your dream is now connected, have fun!" Luna grinned, and pushed the two of them backwards, until they fell off the celestial path. They shrieked as they fell, dropping to the ground.
Once they had landed they opened their green eyes in wonder. They where next to what seemed like a waterfall, it cascading down gloriously, the beautiful sun catching in it's reflection. "What the hay?" Applejack looked around confusedly and Spike clutched onto her leg in fear. Birds flocked ahead and in front of them was what looked like a giant apple orchard. "Let's go check it out!" Curiosity was now sprung in her voice as she trotted towards the trees, Spike racing beside her. Once they entered the trees, they realised the fruits dangling off them where not apples, but gems, shaped like apples. The pair looked on in awe, smiles gracing their faces. After wandering through some of the trees they relaxed on a rock, which was near another waterfall,mths water sprinkling their backs as they relaxed, eating. Applejack suddenly knew what was needed. She sang.
"Flashing lights and we took a wrong turn and we fell down a Luna hole."
"You held on tight to me, cause nothin' is as it seems, ah'm spinning out of control!" She started, smiling.
"Didn't they tell us don't rush into things?" Applejack remembered her Granny warning her when she was younger.
"Didn't you flash your green eyes at me?" Applejack watched as Spike did indeed look at her with green eyes,
"Haven't you heard what becomes of curious minds? Oh." She looked towards the sky.
"Doesn't it all seem new and exciting?"
"Ah' felt your arm twistin' round me" the mare blushed as she remembered him clutching around her leg.
"Ah' should've slept with one eye open at night!"
"We found wonderland, you and ah' got lost in it, we pretended it could last forever!" Applejack leapt of the rock, grinning up at the trees.
"We found wonderland, you and ah' got lost in it, and life was never worse, but never better!"
Spike followed, her with a large smile.
"So we went on our way," she sang
"Too happy to think straight!" The cowpony chuckled and started racing through the trees.
"All alone, or so it seemed!" The dragon dashed beside her and Applejack felt like she could fly.
"But there where strangers watching, and whispers turned to talking, talking turned to screams!" Applejack imagined her friends finding out about this place.
"Didn't they tell us don't rush into things?"
"Didn't you flash your green eyes at me?"
"Didn't you calm my fears with a Pinkie Pie smile?" She related the dragon to their bubbly friend.
"Oh"
"Didn't it all seem new and exciting!"
"Ah' felt your arms twisting around me!"
"It's all fun and games until somepony loses their mind!" They ran side by side, trying toget back to the starting waterfall.
"But sugarcube, we found wonderland"
"You and ah' got lost in it" Applejack frantically took a left, looking for the exit in thetrees.
"And we pretended it could last forever!" She leapt over a log, still singingharmoniously.
"We found wonderland, you and ah' got lost in it!"
"And life was never worse, but never better!" Spike hauled himself Over the log afterthe mare.
"In wonderland...oh oh... In wonderland..." She trailed off as they cleared through the trees. As they exited Spike started glowing, and suddenly he disappeared. "Spike!" Applejack looked around for the dragon.
"I reached for you but you where gone!"
"Ah' knew I had to go back home!"
"You search the world for something else to make you feel like what we had"
"And in the end in wonderland we both went mad, oh!" Giving up searching for Spikeshe lay next to a crystal apple tree.
"We found wonderland, You and ah' got lost in it,"
"And we pretended it could last forever"
"Yeah, we found wonderland,"
"You and ah' got lost in it,"
And life was never worse, but never better!"
"In wonderland!" She finished off with her song, and felt herself start to fade as she woke up.
AJ snapped her eyes open. What a dream.
authors note: okay, hope you enjoyed, although I know it got boring at parts.
The song is Wonderland by Taylor Swift, I thought it suited what I have in stall for this story.