The Wizard of Oz
Chapter 1: 1. Over the Rainbow
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The Wizard of Oz
Chapter 1: Over the Rainbow
Applebloom was running through the dry colorless fields of Ponyville with her dog, Winona. She had always been a fast runner. When she was younger, she and her older sister Applejack had played tag before she began to get needed on the farm. Today though, she wasn't running for fun. She was running for fear.
At the border of the Apple Family's farm, Sweet Apple Acres, she stopped and looked at Winona. The Border Collie puppy blended in ridiculously with the rest of the fields it seemed, but she was always so energetic, almost in defiance of the mundane life the Apples lived.
"She ain't comin' yet, Winona." Applebloom gasped, letting herself sit down. "Did she hurt ya?"
Winona shook her head vigorously.
"Good, but she tried to though, didn't she?" Applebloom asked. "Come on. We'll go tell Big Mac and Granny Smith. Come on, Winona."
Applebloom and Winona rushed to the farm where several chicks were chirping.
"Granny?" Applebloom asked as she went to Granny, her white mane, green coat, and orange eyes having dulled with the rest of the colors in Ponyville. Age showed on her face since, as she said, she earned every wrinkle she got.
"Granny?" Applebloom asked again, trying to get her attention. "Granny, just listen ta what Luna Gulch did ta Winona-"
"Applebloom, please." Granny said in her ever patient way. "I'm tryin' ta count."
"Oh but Granny-" Applebloom began when Big Mac interrupted her. Being the oldest of her siblings, he was a good decade older than her, but his dirty blonde hair, red coat, and green eyes seemed to belong in Ponyville's setting, which made sense as the Farm had been in the family for generations according to Granny.
"Look, don't bother us now, AB." Big Mac said just as patiently as Granny. "This here incubator's gone bad, and we're likely ta lose a lot of our chicks."
"Oh, those poor little things." Applebloom remarked sadly. Then she remembered why she had been in such a rush. "Oh, but Granny, Luna Gulch hit Winona right over the back of the head with a rake just 'cause she said she gets in her garden and chases her nasty old cat every day."
"Applebloom-" Granny tried to say, but Applebloom just went right on, caught up in the excitement.
"Oh, but she doesn't do it every day." Applebloom insists. "Only once or twice a week, and you know he'd never hurt that dumb old cat of Luna's even if she did catch it. And now she says she'll-"
"Applebloom!" Granny said sharply. "Applebloom, we're busy."
Applebloom looked at the chicks peeping and sighed.
"Oh alright." Applebloom said as she went off and came across her sister Applejack and two of her friends, Rarity and Rainbow Dash as they worked on a busted tractor with Rarity and Rainbow Dash holding it up as Applejack worked on reattaching the apparently broken axle.
"How's it coming?" Rainbow Dash asked. She was a Pegasus who popped out the most with her rainbow hair, blue coat, and red eyes.
"Take it easy." Rarity said. She was a mare with a purple mane, white coat, and shining blue eyes. They set it down, resulting in a shout from Applejack, who was blond with an orange coat and green eyes and almost always wore a hat.
"Ah!" Applejack snapped. "Ya got my hoof!"
"Then why didn't you move your hoof out of the way?" Rainbow Dash asked agitatedly.
"Right on my hoof." Applejack muttered.
"At least it wasn't your head." Rainbow Dash muttered.
"Rainbow," Applebloom asked. "What am I gonna do 'bout Luna? Just 'cause Winona chases her nasty old cat every time I come home from school-"
"Listen kiddo, I've got those hogs to get in." Rainbow Dash said as she walked off as Applejack walked up to her.
"Now look here, Applebloom, you aint usin' your head 'bout Luna." Applejack said. "It's like ya haven't got any brains at all."
"I have too got brains!" Applebloom said agitatedly.
"Then why don't ya use them?" Applejack asked. "When ya come home, don't go by Luna's place, then Winona won't get into her garden, and you won't get into any trouble, see?"
"Oh Sis." Applebloom sighed. "Ya just won't listen, that's all."
"Well your head aint made a'straw, ya know." Applejack sighed, not looking where she was aiming a hammer for a lose nail and hitting her hoof. "Oh!"
Applebloom then went to Rainbow Dash as she had managed to get the hogs into the pen.
"Get in there before I make a dime bank out of you." Rainbow Dash said as he got the hogs in as Applebloom walked on the fence like a balancing beam against the fence. "Listen Applebloom, you don't have to worry about Luna. She's nothing to be afraid of. Just have a little courage, that's all."
"I aint afraid of her." Applebloom insisted.
"Then the next time she starts squawking, walk right up to her and spit in her eye." Rainbow Dash said. "That's what I'd do."
Applebloom chuckled as she lost her balance and fell into the pen as she called out for help, and Rainbow Dash quickly got her out of there as the other two quickly went up to her.
"Are you alright, Applebloom?" Applejack asked.
"Yeah, I'm alright." Applebloom said calming down at once. "I fell in and..."
She then saw Rainbow Dash still gasping as she began chuckling.
"Why Rainbow, you're just as scared as I am."
"What's the matter?" Applejack asked with a smile on her face. "Gonna let a little ol' pig make a coward out of ya?"
"Look at you, Rainbow Dash." Rarity said with a chuckle. "You-"
"Girls!" Granny called out, coming up to them. "What in Equestria are ya all standin' 'round here for?"
"You see, Applebloom was at the pig pen when-" Rarity began.
"It's no place for Applebloom near the pig pen." Granny said plainly. "There's a reason Rainbow helps us deal with them and not you and Applejack. I also saw you working on that contraption in the barn, Rarity, now playtime's over so go do your chores."
"Alright, Ma'am." Clark sighed good naturedly. "But someday they're gonna erect a statue of me in this town-"
"Well don't start posin' for it now." Granny said as Applejack chuckled. "Also, it's no good workin' on an empty stomach, have some crullers."
"Thanks Granny." Applejack said as she and Rarity took one each and walked off to work on the fence.
"And Rainbow, feed them pigs before they worry themselves inta anemia." Granny told Rainbow Dash.
"Right, Granny Smith." Rainbow Dash said with a sigh as Applebloom took the opportunity to talk to Granny.
"Granny, really, ya know what Luna said she was gonna do ta Winona? She said she was gonna-"
"Now Applebloom, I'm sure you're worryin' yourself over nothin'." Granny said kindly. "Now you just help us out today and find yourself a place where ya won't get inta any trouble."
Applebloom sighed and went to an apple tree as Winona joined her, looking around the dull surroundings. To Applebloom, the whole town of Ponyville wouldn't look any different if it was all one big shade of gray. The only thing that ever really popped around her, especially these days, was an occasional rainbow.
"Someplace where there aint no trouble." Applebloom repeated. "Ya think there really is such a place, Winona? There must be. It's not a place you can get to by a boat or a train. Someplace far, far away, beyond the moon. Beyond the rain."
Somewhere over the rainbow, way up high,
There's a land that I heard of once in a lullaby.
Somewhere over the rainbow, Skies are blue,
And the dreams that you dare to dream, really do come true
Someday I'll wish upon a star
And wake up where the clouds are far behind me.
Where troubles melt like lemon drops.
Way above the chimney tops, that's where you'll find me.
Somewhere over the rainbow, blue birds fly.
Birds fly over the rainbow, why then, oh why can't I?
Somewhere over the rainbow, blue birds fly.
Birds fly over the rainbow, why then, oh why can't I?
Applebloom heard a bird singing as she saw it fly off into the horizon and out of sight, to a more colorful place, a better place than Ponyville.
If happy little blue birds fly beyond the rainbow,
Why, oh why can't I?
Applebloom sighed and scratched behind Winona's ear as he panted happily. No matter where she was, she still had Winona, the one on the whole farm that never left her side.
I love the Wizard of Oz!