Chapter 2: Beans

Applejack was holding Rainbow down to demonstrate the story as Applebloom giggled.

"Poor Rainbow was completely out a'her head." Applejack said. "It was a pitiful sight t'see Rainbow deteriorate after weeks without food. Poor Rainbow."

"Yeah, poor me." Rainbow said after Applejack let go.

"It was all we could do t'restrain her." Applejack said. "Poor Rainbow had just about reached the end a'her rope. We were definitely in a sorry predicament."

"Yeah, I know I went nuts, let's just keep going." Rainbow said, a little embarrassed over her attitude

"Yeah!" Applebloom called out.

"Alright then." Applejack said with a smile. "So as I was sayin', we eventually decided to sell the cow."

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Things began to look much brighter for the girls after Applejack went to a village to sell the cow. The thought of prosperity after going so long without it brought a smile to Rainbow and Pinkie's faces.

"Hey look!" Pinkie called out as she and Rainbow acted out all the food they would eat after Applejack returned with the money.

Cookies, cupcakes, sweet potato pie!

Pancakes piled up 'til they reach the sky.

Rainbow hummed along as her high spirits had helped get her back to normal.

Oh... I wanna eat and eat and eat and eat

And eat until I die.

Cookies, cupcakes, sweet potato pie!

Pancakes piled up 'til they reach the sky.

Lots of starches.

Lots of greens.

Fancy chocolate covered-

"Beans!" Applejack called out as she held up a dingy yellow box.

"What do you mean beans?" Pinkie asked.

"I sold the cow for some magic beans." Applejack said.

"Beans?!" Rainbow called out angrily. "We were better off than that a month ago!"

"But Rainbow, these ain't ordinary beans." Applejack insisted. "They're magic beans. If you plant these beans in the light of a full moon, do you know what'll happen?"

"Yes, we'll get more beans!" Rainbow said testily as she grabbed the box and threw it in a corner as the four beans fell into a hole there. "Magic beans! Humbug!"

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Later that night, Applejack rested in one of the cots in hers, Rainbow, and Pinkie's room. How could she have been so stupid?

Magic beans. Light of a full moon. Applejack thought angrily. How could I have fallen for that? Maybe I'll wake up in the mornin' t'find the whole disaster was a dream.

Applejack then went to bed having given up her ration for his foolishness.

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But it wasn't as foolish as Applejack thought as the night's full moon shone on the very spot the beans had fallen in through a nearby window. A small green stalk popped out of the hole and began to twist around. It then grew through two small holes into the girls' room and went close to Pinkie's mouth as it went onward. It then went past Applejack's bed, taking her blanket with him and leaving behind a leaf that caught on Applejack's hoof. It then went up to the top bunk where Rainbow slept and tickled her hooves with its vines.

The beanstalk then burst out of the doors and windows of the house until it lifted the whole thing up. As it continued to grow, the house crumbled, leaving only the three boys. Applejack ended up spending the rest of her sleep on a large leaf. Rainbow ended up protected by a large vine coil she ended up falling into. Pinkie rested on a large vine face down.

And all through the night it continued to grow onward and upward.

Pinkie: That beanstalk was a menace to aviation.

Applebloom: What's aviation?

Applejack: Airplanes.

Applebloom: Oh.

Me: I love this story.