Morning in Equestria

by Rosepixie

A series of very short stories about characters from the My Little Pony universe in the morning. There is very little plot, but it is safe to assume that the stories all take place on the same morning, so small connections may become evident. I have no current plans to expand any of these into longer stories, but may continue to add more of them over time.

2. Flim

Flim looked out of the tent at the clear morning sky. It was a beautiful day - a perfect day to set up shop in a new town. Just over the rise was Applewood, another place with a large Apple Family orchard.

The Apple Family was the biggest thorn in his side. Every time he and Flam set up shop in a town without an Apple Family orchard, they did well and made lots of bits. The problem was that they often struggled to secure a large enough supply of apples in those towns. Supply was never a problem where there were Apple Family orchards, but the family consistently found ways to turn ponies against Flim and Flam, forcing them to leave town with little or no profit.

At least Applewood wasn't as bad as Ponyville. After their last visit to Ponyville, they weren't even sure if they should ever visit there again! The most frustrating pony from the Apple Family, Applejack, was considered a pillar of the community there. Whenever they ran into her it never turned out well. Flim dreamed of getting revenge on her and all of the Apples, but so far he hadn't figured out how to go about doing it.

It hadn't actually been very long since their last visit to Applewood. Flim scowled as he recalled the argument he and Flam had had about it. He felt that they should avoid Apple Family towns for a while. At least until they had a plan for dealing with them. Flam had been adamant that they try Applewood again, though, so here they were. The miracle tonic hadn't done so well here, but they had a new product to sell now - a "healing" balm that was really just apple butter with a little aloe. Hopefully this would do better.

With a sigh, Flim sat down to eat some breakfast and wait for Flam to wake up. Perhaps he could come up with a solution. They had come with a bigger supply of balm and of apples than they usually travelled with, so perhaps they wouldn't need to meet the Apples at all.

Why did Flam want to come back here so badly, anyway? At first, Flim had wondered if it was a mare, but Flam had laughed at the suggestion. But if it wasn't a mare, then what was it? Maybe he had a grudge against someone here? Fim made himself a second bowl of oatmeal as he considered this possibility.

Flim realized that Flam hadn't woken up yet. That was unusual. Generally, he was up and about before Flim got through his first bowl of oatmeal. Why would he be sleeping late today? Maybe Flim should go check on his brother, find out what was going on.