CHAPTER FIVE: APPLEJACK

The ambulance finally took Spike's body away and Rarity was still crying over her dead friend. But, suddenly, to her, he was more than a friend. Twilight was still comforting her after 3 hours of sobbing from her dear friend. That is when Applejack, Fluttershy, and Rainbow Dash came up to the scene.

"What in tarnation happened here!" Applejack half asked, half shouted. "Sssssspppppiiiiikkkkkkkeeeee ee ddddddddiiiiiiiieeeeeedddddd !" Rarity sobbed into Twilight's shoulder.

"What, how is that possible!" Rainbow asked.

"I will explain later, we need to head to my house," Twilight said. Everyone seemed confused, but followed her. Rarity just simply looked back at the scene and wondered to herself 'Why'.

Once they were at Twilight's house, Twilight turned to her friends and started to explain everything.

"Guys, you and I all know that these deaths aren't coincidences," Twilight started.

"What are you talking about Twi'," Rainbow asked.

"Well, you know how I got all of us out of the Gala and I said I saw it in a vision," Twilight asked the remaining group of her friends. They all nodded.

"Well, I think death is coming back for us because I think we were supposed to die at the Gala. And, death is coming to get us one by one in the order we should have. Remember I told you guys what happened in the Gala before it happened?" Twilight asked. They all nodded again.

"So far everypony has died in the order I told you guys. Derpy, Pinkie Pie, and then Spike," Twilight finished.

"Hold on there sugarcube, this all sounds crazy," Applejack protested.

"No, what I am saying is true. You all have to believe me," Twilight pleaded to her friends.

"I can not believe would just make up a story like that to make fun of our friends' deaths, even Spike's," Rarity was starting to tear up again.

"You all have to trust me. Rarity, didn't I just save you from drowning! You would have died, just as you were supposed to," Twilight tried to reason. Rarity gave a disgusted look, then just turned and walked out. They all started to leave and Applejack turned to Twilight.

"This was some stunt you pulled. Hope it was worth it," Applejack then walked out the door. Twilight was shocked. She was so upset, she just went to bed.

In the morning, Twilight got up and looked over to the small and empty bed. She was then saddened when the memory of yesterday filled her mind. She needed to forget about it, so she just started to do the daily chores.

"Spike, can you-" Twilight stopped mid sentence remembering.

"This is going to be harder than I thought," Twilight said to no pony in particular.

AT SWEET APPLE ACRES:

Applejack was bucking her trees in frustration of what Twilight said yesterday.

"How could she just make up a story like that? She must think we are some stupid group of ponies that she saved from one accident and suddenly thinks we will believe her no matter what she says," Applejack was talking to herself. She started to buck one tree and every apple except one fell down. She looked at it perplexed.

BACK AT TWILIGHT'S

Twilight had another vision while doing her chores. She saw a single apple hanging on a branch, a tree falling, and the sound of bones crushing. She suddenly came to her senses and realized that she was on the floor. Even though she bailed out on her, Twilight had to save Applejack. She knew she needed speed, so she went to try to find Rainbow. She quickly found Rainbow Dash sleeping on a cloud.

"Rainbow Dash! Wake up I need you to fly me to Sweet Apple Acres, Applejack is going to die!" Twilight shouted.

"Is this just another one of your elusive death theories? If it is, no way!" Rainbow protested.

"I will give you 20 bits!" Twilight persuaded.

"Oh, why didn't you say so," Rainbow hopped off the cloud, grabbed Twilight, and flew toward Sweet Apple Acres.

BACK TO APPLEJACK:

She bucked the tree so many times it left hoof prints in the side of the tree. But the apple would not fall. She just decided to climb the tree to get it. Applejack eased her way up the tree, and was inches away from the apple. But the kicking she just did loosened the roots from the dirt, causing it to shake when the weight shifted.

She fell off the branch that held her and landed hard on the ground, breaking her hind legs. She looked up noticing the tree was tilted in her direction and was starting to fall toward her. She tried to stand up, but instant pain filled in her back legs. Applejack tried to crawl away from the falling tree. But her efforts were useless, the tree fell, crushing her. Applejack died instantly.

Twilight and Rainbow Dash flew up to the scene as the paramedics took Applejack's body away. They saw the Apple family crying for their dead relative.

"This is real isn't it? What you said yesterday?" Rainbow Dash asked worried. Twilight nodded slowly.

"I am sorry I didn't believe you Twilight. I should have believed you," Rainbow apologized.

"It is ok, I wouldn't believe myself either. All we could do now is to make sure the rest of us don't die," Twilight said looking back at the Apple family grieving over Applejack's passing. No pony is safe.