Equestrian Heroes
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Naruto x Rarity x Twilight x Fluttershy x Applejack x Pinkie Pie x Rainbow Dash x Ditzy x Luna x ? x ?
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For Normal Speech
Inner thoughts, Text read, Italics used to represent characters speaking in different language.
Demonic rage, Demonic characters, Kurama Speak
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Story Start
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Rarity found herself intensely studying the selection of parenting books available from the Golden Oaks Library. Some books suggested she should take a firm approach with Scootaloo, impressing on her the idea that misbehavior will not be tolerated, but she felt going that route she would be over stepping her boundaries. Especially since her fiancé had experience raising children of both genders.
Would it have been simple to simply go to him about it? Sure? But Rarity felt this is something she needed to do on her own. That she wanted to do on her own. Then there were books on the complete opposite end of the spectrum that troubled fillies need an environment free of negative consequences, so that they might learn to have confidence in their own choices.
This one was not relevant. Scootaloo wasn't troubled. She had…has a loving mother and was simply like Dash, a tomcolt.
Then she read over those with general philosophies. In the midst of reading a knock on the door garnered her attention. "Coming~" She called out as she opened the door and to her surprise Ditzy was on the other side. "Why hello Ditzy. If you are looking for Naruto he is not here at the moment."
"Actually Rarity I came to speak with you. Can I come in?"
"Why of course." She said standing aside to let her in. "Can I get you anything?" she asked making her way to the kitchen. "Tea? Coffee? Something to eat?"
"No, no, I am fine." She said as she made her way to the living room. Minutes later Rarity joined her with a cup of tea. Placing the saucer down and her cup on top of it. She smooth out her skirt, took a seat and crossed one leg over the other and clasped her hands.
"So, what is it that you wish to speak about?" she asked as Ditzy seemed hesitant for a moment before speaking.
Placing her hands on her legs Ditzy began to speak. "I was thinking about your situation with Naruto and once you become married you'll essentially become Scootaloo's step mother. How do you feel about that?"
As Rarity tried to speak nothing but air came out for a moment before she found her voice. "Honestly it is a bit nerve wracking. I confess when Naruto told me about it originally I was not sure how to feel. Confused for one. Even a bit upset until I remembered this is the kind of thing he does. He cares about others and tries to help them. And then I began to feel a bit guilty when the first thing that came to my mind was how his decision affected me instead of the fact he was willing to open up his home to a filly losing her mother. And that inspired me to also try. As the element of Generosity I simply cannot just choose when and how I can be generous. The incident with Discord showed me that I am not perfect in my element and that the most important part is valuing that virtue and putting effort in maintaining it. Aah, forgive me, I believe I might have drifted off topic a bit."
"It's fine. The reason I am here is because I wanted to be here if you have any advice." Ditzy doo offered.
Rarity opened her mouth and closed it. Well. That was a bit embarrassing that she had let this slip her mind. Ditzy was a mother of two, one in her young adult years. "Thank you Ditzy, whatever advice you have I will value immensely. Like what should I expect?"
"Well, she is nearing her teenage years. With what she's going through you can expect her to act out soon as all teenagers defy parental authority," she explained. "Teens like to get out and test their boundaries." Ditzy Doo answered. "My older sister during her teenage years had a bad girl phase. She got in trouble at school once for fighting and they were threatening to kick her out. Our parents told her that her behavior was unacceptable, and asked her why she does stupid things like that. You know what she said to them? She laughed and said, sometimes it's fun to get into a brawl, you know?"
"My word. " Rarity remarked.
"Every child is different. Ame was also a bit around the edges when I first adopted her and took a while to warm up to ponies. As long as you are there for her and show her the love and affection when she needs you will end up making the right choices by her. It may not always be the best choices, but there is always a good intent behind it."
The two of them become absorbed into the topic as Rarity began to learn new things and gained more of a respect for her fellow herd sister.
A few more days passed and everyone went about their usual business. The time for Applejack to come back had finally arrived. Of course, they had planned Applejack a surprise party and began setting it up in the barn. Fluttershy and Rainbow Dash just finished placing on the banner as Naruto finished setting the balloons.
"Oh, I hope Applejack is surprised by this surprise party!" Fluttershy excitedly announced.
"Well, that is the point." Rainbow Dash responded as she and Applebloom grabbed streamers from a box nearby.
"I know," Fluttershy caught the end of the streamer that Rainbow Dash threw to her. "…but I hope she isn't so surprised she's startled, because while being surprised can be nice, being startled can be... very startling."
"Surprise!" Pinkie Pie suddenly yelled out at Fluttershy, causing her to gasp in terror and fall back, along with the confetti Pinkie threw.
"Oh, Pinkie, you startled me."
"Sorry!" Pinkie Pie helped Fluttershy up. "I was just practicing my "surprise!" for when we surprise Applejack with this super cool party for becoming rodeo champion of Equestria!" Fluttershy sighed in relief and continued walking until Pinkie Pie appeared in front of her again. "Surprise!"
Fluttershy fell to the floor again.
"Quiet, Pinkie, I think Applejack's coming!" Twilight announced as she looked out the door.
Everyone began hiding and getting into place.
Once the door opened, the light turned on and they all revealed themselves, yelling "Surprise!"
"Surprise!" Pinkie Pie yelled, a second late. "Aw, shoot!"
However on the other side was not Applejack was a mail carrier. "Wow, this is the best surprise ever! How did you know it was my birthday?" This caused all the ponies to frown and lower their heads. He pulled out a letter, which Twilight grabbed with an angry expression. She slammed the door.
"Who's it from, Twilight?" Applebloom asked. "What's it say?"
"It's from Applejack." Twilight answered her happily. " 'Family and friends, not coming back to Ponyville' ." The expressions on the groups alarm became worried and alarmed.
" Don't worry, will send money soon.' Twilight presented the letter before them. "…that's all there is…"
"Applejack's... not comin' back?" Applebloom questioned with a saddened tone. Naruto brought her into a hug, gently rubbing the back of her head.
"I-I'm sure its some sort of mistake little seed." He told her.
"What do you mean Applejack's not coming back? She loves Ponyville!" Rainbow Dash claimed.
"And she loves Sweet Apple Acres!" Granny Smith added.
"And she loves her family!" Applebloom finished with shaking eyes and quivering tone.
Rarity gasped. "Oh, something just dreadful must have happened to Applejack to make her not return!"
"Maybe she's hurt, or sad, or scared!" Fluttershy listed off, fretting with each suggestion. .
"So, what are we waiting for? Let's go find her!" Rainbow Dash released and flew out the barn doors.
"Ladies calm down!" He called out seeing themselves working in a frenzy. "You're working yourselves up in a frenzy. We know where she went. Let's just head there and see if we can find her." He turned to the apples. "We'll look for her and bring her back that I promise.
"Y'all are the best." Applebloom commented.
"Thank you!" Granny Smith expressed.
Naruto turned his attention to Scootaloo. "Scoot you stay here with the Apples until I get back okay? I promise I'll make it up to you." He had promised they would go visit her mother later.
"What? Why can't I come? I can help look!" she tried to argue.
"Because Applebloom needs you." He said as they glanced over to the sadden filly who Sweetie Belle and Dinky were trying to comfort their friend.
"Fine…" She relented.
With that the group gathered outside around Naruto. Linking hands he teleported them to the Canterlot seal.
Arriving they went to the area where Applejack was supposed to be competing in. Once at the entrance, they all split up in searching for the missing bearer of Honesty. All over the area the group tried gaining information to Applejack's information to no avail. They continued until the area ended up deserted.
Finally after what seemed like a dead end they were pointed in the right direction as one pony approached them, having seen Applejack a few days ago. The group was pointed to a landscape with dry mountains and cactus, much looking like the landscape of Appleloosa.
With that they boarded their next train to their next destination as quick as possible. "I hope this lead doesn't turn out to be a dead end. I don't wanna go home empty-handed after promising we'd find her." Rainbow Dash noted in worry.
Fluttershy's expression mirrored her friends. "I don't know how we'll break it to the Apple family."
"I don't know how we'll break it to Ponyville!" Twilight added.
"Worrying won't help us. We'll find her and bring her home, that's all to it." Naruto stated confidently.
"He's right! We'll find her!" Twilight supported the blond's claim. "Look!" The train whistled.. "This is Dodge Junction. Applejack is supposed to have come here after the rodeo ended." The train ceased and they boarded off. "Let's fan out and try to find her."
With that they began their quest again, seeing if anypony had seen any trace of Applejack. A short while in they got their big break as Pinkie came rushing abck to them.
"I found her, I found her, I found her, I found her, I found her!" Pinkie exclaimed excitedly as she bounced around us, causing us to quickly run after her.
Around the corner of the building, she pointed to the pony that brightened our faces.
"Oh, Applejack, thank heavens!" Rarity commented as they walked towards her. However the apple's mare expression instead of being surprised or happy to see the herd was one filled with sadness or disappointment.
"We're so glad you're safe!" Fluttershy told her.
"Uh, hey, everypony. What's up?" Applejack greeted as they walked up to her. .
"Why didn't you come back to Ponyville?" Rainbow Dash immediately brought up.
"Are you okay?" Fluttershy asked.
"Tell us what happened, Applejack!" Twilight demanded with so much care in her voice.
Applejack lowered her head and stared at the floor as waited for an answer. However, another pony's voice called out. "Applejack? Are these some of your Ponyville friends?"
The pony approaching them was that of an attractive very pale yellow colored earth pony mare, with a two different shades of crimson red mane and tail, pink eye shadow on her eyes, and a small mole on her left cheek. The earth pony wore a simple red dress that had a country style to it with string on the top that showed her cleavage. The dress went all the way down to her knees exposing the rest of her legs which she showed that she was wearing fishnet stockings.
"Yes ma'am." Twilight answered.
"And you are...?" Rarity questioned the pony.
"Why, I'm Cherry Jubilee, the owner of Cherry Hill Ranch. Hasn't Applejack told ya?" I looked at Applejack with a raised eyebrow in the corner of my eye. "I saw her compete at the Equestria Rodeo. Never saw anypony win so many ribbons in all my life."
"Aw shucks, Miss Jubilee. You don't have to go into all that."
"Oh, she's so modest. Anyway, I can always use a pony with quick hamds and a strong back. So, when I heard Applejack was looking for a change of scenery, I snapped her up as quick as I could and brought her to Dodge Junction. Well, I'll let you catch up with your friends. See you back at the ranch."
" 'Change of scenery' ?" Rainbow Dash immediately questioned. "What's that supposed to mean?"
"No big deal, guys. I thought cherries would be a nice change from apples, so I took the job and came here. That's it. End of story." She quickly explained, trying to put an end to the conversation.
"Applejack there's no way that's it. I know you. We know you. You're going to have to come up with a better lie than a change from apples to justify leaving behind your friends and family." Naruto said as he noticed her clear tales flaring up. "What are you keeping from us?"
"Sorry, but that's all there is to tell. Thanks for checkin' on me, but y'all can go home now. Tell mah family hi, and that ah'm doing A-okay." She began walking away.
Rainbow Dash flew up to her and began making her back away. "Excuse me, AJ, but we didn't travel all over Equestria searching for you to come home without you!"
"Well I didn't ask you to come lookin' for me!" She resumed walking. "There is nothin' to tell and I am not going back to Ponyville!" She Ran away.
"I don't care what she says, Applejack's not telling us something." Twilight commented.
"Stubborn mare, I'll get the answer out of her." Naruto said as he shot off after her.
"Applejack! AJ!" I called after her as I galloped towards her.
She turned her head to notice him and immediately increased her pace. "Go away!"
Try as she might Applejack was not going to escape.
He tackled her to the ground. She continued to struggle to free herself.
"Applejack, stop this, now!"
"Just let me go!" She demanded as well.
"No! Not until you let me know the truth! Why are you acting like this?" She didn't answer, but only looked away. "I know you Applejack. You wouldn't leave Ponyville for a 'change in scenery'. You wouldn't leave your family and friends. You love Ponyville and Sweet Apple Acres! You wouldn't leave the herd…leave…me." He whispered the last bit.
She looked saddened, but continued to look away. "Naruto…I suggest you get off of me right now…"
"Not until you let me know what's going on…"
She sighed and faced Him. "I really didn't want to have to do this…but…" She impacted him in the groin using her leg. Naruto had tanked a lot of hits in his day. Never had one been intentionally aimed there and as a result he had no defense.
Naruto rolled over in pain. He knew one thing, AJ better have had a really damn good reason for doing that.
"Naruto!" The girls had called out to him, helping him up. "Are you okay?" There concerned expressions unfortunately did not take out the sting.
"Everything but my pride…and my sack." There definitely needed to be an explanation to help solve this heinous crime.
"Okay, this has gone too far!" Rainbow Dash exclaimed. "We need some answers, now!"
"You're certainly right there, Rainbow…" Twilight agreed. "We have to come up with a plan."
"Doesn't Applejack work with Cherry Jubilee?" Ditzy pointed out, recalling the discussion they just had. .
"You're right, Ditzy…" Twilight thought for a moment on how they could use this.. "Hm…we should 'get jobs' there and try to get some answers from Applejack."
"What if she just rebuffs us? She knows we're trying to get her home?" Ditzy pointed out.
"Well, we'll pretend that we don't care anymore. That we just want to know how life is here now."
"Well then, let's make our way to Cherry Hill Ranch."
Arriving to Cherry Jubilee's office the group piled in. Cherry Jubilee was sitting by a desk, doing some paperwork until she looked up to see the herd walk in.
"Why, hello! You all are Applejack's friends, right?"
"Yes, ma'am." Twilight answered. "We were wondering if you could help us out with something."
"Of course! What do you need?"
"Well, we were wondering if you could hire us for working with the cherries as well."
She studied them all for a moment. "Sounds splendid! The more the merrier! I was just about to start heading towards the cherry barn to give Applejack the directions, but with you seven, you can organize the cherries while she runs the machine. Sound good?"
"Yep!" Twilight cheerfully agreed.
"Perfect!" She stood up and began heading out the door, but suddenly stopped. "Oh, hold on." She poked her head into a closet and tossed us some sort of hat that appeared to be what chefs used and a bags for holding cherries. "Go ahead and put that on. I'll meet you all over there." She headed out the door as we began placing on the uniforms.
Eventually, they reached the barn where the cherries were picked, packaged, and shipped out. "Terr-ific! Come on in, y'all!"
"What are you all doing here?" Applejack asked as she stood inside the moving wheel, forming an angry expression.
"We're your cherry sorters." Twilight answered peacefully. "Shall we get started?"
"Fine." Applejack responded briefly.
"Haha, red cherries go in one bin, and yellow cherries go in the other." Cherry Jubilee directed as she pointed to the two bins. "Simple as cherry pie." With that she was off walked away.
"Just what are ya'll up to?" Applejack asked us, annoyingly.
"We just wanted to check and make sure you were really okay Applejack. We care about you and just want what's best for you. If you're really happy here we won't try to force you home." Naruto lingered on the word home and noticed something lingered in the mare's eyes.
"Uhuh. Well, just remember: No talking about Ponyville."
"Fine!" Rainbow Dash banged on the assembly line with her palm. "Why don't you quit talking and get walking?"
Applejack turned her head back away from them and began walking, turning the gears that activated the cherries to come towards the herd. They then began separating the cherries. Twilight, Rarity, and Naruto were handling the red cherries, the ones that mostly represented my mood, while the others were organizing the yellow cherries.
Rainbow raised her head and looked towards Applejack, who remained speechless as she walked. Then, she darted her eyes towards Twilight and cocked her head to the right. Twilight raised her head from the cherries and winked, smiling slyly. "...So, AJ, how was Canterlot?" Applejack widened her eyes and looked at Twilight with offended eyes. "Not talking about Ponyville, talking about Canterlot, totally different town." Twilight quickly defended.
"Canterlot was fine." Applejack turned her head away and responded with an irritated tone.
"Was the rodeo fun?" she added.
"Yes."
"Did you meet some nice ponies there?" Twilight asked, now right next to Applejack's wheel, causing the work to become a little harder for the rest of us.
"Some." Applejack continued her curt answers. Whatever her deal was it involved the rodeo.
"Really?" Rainbow Dash flew over to her, removing herself from the work as well. "Did you see Wild Bull Hickok? What about Calamity Mane?"
"Yes, saw 'em both."
Rainbow Dash nodded excitedly at Applejack, who only returned an even more annoyed expression. Rainbow noticed and crossed her forelegs, returning an upset face.
"And how did you meet Miss Jubilee?" Rarity walked over there now.
"Um, well, Miss Jubilee had a cherry stand at the rodeo. Real good treats." Applejack began trotting, which began to show me how irritated she was becoming now.
"Um, excuse me?" Fluttershy softly asked as the cherries were coming much faster than before and the work was much harder with only the three of us.
"Cherry winks, cherry cheesecake, cherry tarts. We struck up a conversation being orchard folk and all." Applejack responded, ignoring Fluttershy.
"So you told her about Sweet Apple Acres?" Twilight inquired.
"Yes." Applejack answered frankly.
"Did you tell her why you weren't going back?" Rainbow Dash questioned in an aggressive tone.
"No, 'cuz it was none of her business!" Applejack grew quickly defensive, increasing her pace even more. "Now why don't you all just back off and leave me alone like I asked you all!"
"We're a family AJ. That means something. Were you so sick of Ponyville that you fled out here to get away from everypony?"
"NO! That's not it!"
"Talk to us. Can't you tell us why you left?" Ditzy pleaded.
"No no NO! I'm not telling you why, so just
"STOP!" Fluttershy screamed, causing Applejack to sit down on the wheel and bring it to a sudden halt.
However, all the cherries that were on the assembly line retained their velocity and flew off, shooting straight towards Applejack and covering her, including the wheel, with them. The group reacted with expressions of alarm. . Applejack opened her eyes and looked at them. . She narrowed them and walked off in silence.
The herd began cleaning up the entire area that was covered with squished cherries after we removed our uniforms.
"Well…we seem to be striking out." Twilight announced as she used her magic to take control of a mop and start cleaning.
Rainbow Dash then pointed out they needed to change gears. "That's 'cause we're playing too nice."
"Yes. Desperate times do call for desperate measures." Rarity agreed with her.
They all turned their attention to Pinkie Pie.
"What?" the Pink mare asked, noticing they were all staring at her.
Applejack was aggressively pounding the trees with solid kicks, possibly using the anger from a while ago.
"Hey Applejack. Need some help?" Pinkie Pie asked as she walked up to the mare.
"Ya promise not to ask me any questions?" Applejack questioned the pink mare.
"I promise." Pinkie delightfully agreed.
As Pinkie began shaking the trees she looked back at Applejack. "Have you ever had a cherry changa?" Pinkie asked, but then retreated when she realized it was a question. "Ooh! Sorry, that was a question."
"That kind of question is fine, Pinkie. No, a-ah never had a cherry changa." Applejack responded.
Pinkie then bumped her face towards Applejack's.
"Well no wonder, because I made it up myself!" Applejack then began slowly backing away from Pinkie as she followed her. "A cherry changa is mashed up cherries in a tortilla that's deep fried. Cherry changa. Great name, huh? Oh, but maybe I should call it a chimmy cherry." Applejack reacted with an annoyed look and was about to attempt to continue her work, but Pinkie unknowingly prevented that. "Ooh, that's good too. Which do you think sounds better? Cherry changa or chimmy cherry? Or what if I combine them? Chimmy cherry changa! What sounds the funniest?" Applejack walked away and grabbed the basket with cherries and continued walking as she was growing more irritated. "I like funny words! One of my favorite funny words is 'kumquat'! I didn't make that one up. I would work in a kumquat orchard just so I could say 'kumquat' all day! Kumquat, kumquat, kumquat! And 'pickle barrel'! Isn't that just the funnest thing to say? Pickle barrel pickle barrel pickle barrel. Say it with me! Pickle barrel kumquat, pickle barrel kumquat, pickle barrel kumquat, chimmy cherry changa-!"
"No!" Applejack screamed out, releasing the basket and cowering while trying to cover her ears. "Make it stop, make it stop!"
"The only way to make it stop is for you to spill the beans." Rainbow Dash negotiated as she revealed herself and held her hand over Pinkie's mouth, muting the chanting that continued endlessly.
"Never!"
Rainbow Dash just simply released her hand.
"Speaking of beans, did you ever realize how many words rhyme with 'beans'? Lean, mean, spleen, unclean, bean..."
Applejack then covered her hands and surrendered as Pinkie resumed her chattering under her. "Alright, alright! I'll tell everypony what's goin' on! Just please stop talkin'!" As soon as she said that, the herd revealed themselves, walking towards her and causing Pinkie to halt her talking. "But... can it wait 'til tomorrow at breakfast? I'm plum tuckered out."
"Tomorrow, huh?" Rainbow Dash responded suspiciously or uneasily. "I don't know..."
"Do you Pinkie promise?" Pinkie Pie asked, crossing her hand and placing a finger on her eye.
Applejack sighed. "I will tell you the whole truth at breakfast. Pinkie promise." She repeated Pinkie's movements.
The girls then returned confident smiles, but Naruto wasn't so easily bought.
They returned to the barn and were showed it served as an inn as well with the beds on the second floor. After dinner everypony was readying to turn in for the night. Everypony settled in their room, but Naruto could not sleep.
The sound of creaking floor board caught his attention. 'I thought so.' He made his way outside and caught Applejack as she tried to give them the slip. "Going so where?" He asked as his voice startled the mare causing her to jump.
"Naruto…ah was…just going for a walk." She noticed he wasn't buying it.
"You're not going to run I won't let you and we both know I'm much stronger Applejack so there's no point in fighting me. Just tell me what happened."
She couldn't run. Not anymore. Reluctantly she motioned him to follow her to her room. Where she laid out the ribbons. None of them were blue. "Ah failed. The town was counting on me and ah let everypony down. Because ah was arrogant and pigheaded. Ah didn't practice for the events cause ah was so used to winnin' ah didn't figure that all that training did would throw me off my game. If ah didn't end up destroyin' something ah overdid it and got mahself a penalty. Ah was just…too ashamed to show mahself ya know."
"Trust me AJ, I know just how arrogance and influence you and everypony has that moment when they goofed. You still won all those competitions in the past. You are strong. No matter what has happened Ponyville has managed to survive and we will survive this. We'll find a way, together."
"Applejack? Naruto?" Twilight's voice called from the other side of the door.
"Guess we weren't talking as softly as we thought." The blond chuckled as Applejack opened the door and everypony piled in.
"Is that…?" Ditzy asked, indicating the ribbons on Applejack's bedding.
"Yeah, now you know." She spoke her disappointment as clear as day.
"Know what?" Twilight questioned, not seeing anything that represented negativity.
Applejack raised her head and looked at the ribbons that were splattered on the sheets She stood up and pointed at them. "Well, just look!"
"I am. You won an amazing number of ribbons, just like Miss Jubilee said!"
Unaffected, Applejack continued. "Don't you get it?" She presented a medal with a red strap. "There's every color of ribbon down there. Every color... but... blue." She planted herself on the bed, beginning to look as if she was about to cry. "I came in fourth, third, even second, but I didn't win one first prize, and I certainly didn't win any prize money."
"But the telegram said you were gonna send money." Rainbow Dash stated.
"That's why I came here. I wanted to earn some money. After that big old sendoff Ponyville gave me, I just didn't have the nerve to come back empty-handed."
"You're not a failure Applejack." Naruto crouched down and clasped her hands. "You're amazing and we all love you. Never think we would think of you as a failure. "
"And we're your friends!" Rainbow Dash added. "We don't care if you came in fiftieth place! You're still number one in our books."
"So none of ya are disappointed... ?" Applejack asked as she looked at each one of us.
"But what about the mayor?" Applejack inquired. "I don't think I can face her and tell her I didn't get that money."
"The money isn't important AJ. Money comes and go, same with places, but true friends and a loving family will always be there for you." Ditzy told her.
"Applejack," Fluttershy added in to the encouragement. "We can always find a way to raise money for the town, but if you don't come back, we'll never be able to fix the hole in our hearts." The group nuzzled Applejack as the sound of crying came from above. It was none other than Rainbow Dash.
"Darn it! Now you got me acting all sappy!"
Applejack smiled and felt relieved. When I saw her, it made me smile. Now I know why she wanted me to smile so badly back before…
"Come on girls." Naruto announced. "Time to head back home."
That morning Applejack apologized and told Cherry she was returning home. While Cherry was sad to lose such a fine working she understood and wished the group well.
As we finally relaxed on the train, Applejack had something to announce. "Twilight…mind if you take a letter?" She asked.
"Of course not, Applejack." She answered, taking out a quill and scroll.
She smiled and looked out the window as she spoke. "Dear Princess Celestia, it's a tad easier to be proud when you come in first than it is when you finish further back. But there's no reason to hide when you don't do as well as you'd hoped. You can't run away from your problems. Better to run to your friends and family."
"Excellent." Twilight commented and rolled the scroll for Naruto send later. Hirashin Seal + Kagebunshin made a worthy substitute for dragonfire mail. While everypony was excited for the trip back home none was more excited than Applejack because she missed her family dearly. Never again would she act so hastily and foolishly. Now more than ever she was certain where she belonged and nothing would ever break that.