Chapter 1

Ponyville was a sleepy town, the kind where nothing ever happened. There were a few shops and small businesses, and a couple houses scattered around. There was also a large city far off where most of the bigger businesses were. Beyond that, nothing ever happened here.

That was why Applejack hated it so much here.

She had just moved into this town a few days ago, and was now going to be attending Ponyville High School. She didn't want to live here though. After her father died she wanted to go live in Manehatten with her rich relatives. She had always lived the simple life, and was ready to see a life of luxury for once.

But sadly, her father had a will. In said will she, her older brother Macintosh, and her little sister Apple Bloom, were to come here to live with her grandmother. Instead of eating expensive caviar, she was eating inexpensive home cooked meals. Instead of wearing fancy dresses she was forced to wear the same old brown jeans, red flannel shirt, red and white sneakers, and stetson hat she always wore. Instead of having a maid to do all of the work for her, she had to get up at the crack of dawn to help with a few minor chores before coming to school.

And instead of riding in a fancy limo to school, she was riding in her brother's red Ford Ranger 2017 pick-up.

“Well, we're here,” Macintosh said, turning to his younger sister, who sat in the seat next to him with her leg resting on the dashboard, her ankle bracelet on full display. Macintosh sighed and looked forward, “Ya… wanna talk about it?”

“Nope,” Applejack said simply.

“I don't get it, sis,” Macintosh said, “Ya never did anythin like this before when Pa was alive. Most ya did was pull a prank or two,” Applejack stayed silent, leaning forward a bit with a darkened expression, “Ya know Pa wouldn't want-”

“Pa is dead,” Applejack said somberly, “What he wants doesn't matter anymore, cause he's not here to say it to my face. He'll never be here to say it to me anymore…”

“Applejack, Pa's still with us,” Macintosh said, “It's like Granny Smith said, his spirit is still-”

“Don't give me that bullshit,” Applejack fussed, her eyes watering as she continued, “Spirits ain't real. Once ya die, that's it. You're just gone. Pa left me, jus' like Ma left after Apple Bloom was born.”

“He was sick, Applejack. He didn't want to leave us like he did. These things just happen,” Macintosh said, trying to comfort his younger sister.

“Yeah, these things “just happen”. That's why I ain't puttin my faith in anything like the afterlife or some magical bullshit. Cause if that's true, then God's a real asshole.”

“Applejack-” he was cut off by Applejack opening the door and stepping out of his truck, grabbing her backpack.

“I'm gonna be late,” she walked off a bit, but then turned around holding her arms out, “Since I won't have much freedom after school, I better milk this time away from all of you for all it's worth.”

With that, she turned around and walked into the school. She knew her brother was upset and worried about her. Honestly, that just made her feel even angrier. No one was ever angry at her. They just kept looking at her with pity, hovering around her and trying to make her feel better.

She hated it when people took pity on her. She wasn't weak. She didn't need anyone to vouch for her that she was a “good kid”. She needed her father to hold her.

Applejack wiped her eyes before she started crying, and walked down the hall to where her locker was. As she walked, she saw one other student by the water fountain. She was… stunning to say the least. She had long wavy purple hair with a white highlight in the front, and was wearing dark blue eye shadow, dark red lipstick, sexy black skirt that only fell just under her rear connected to a matching corset top that accentuated her bust, fishnet stocking, and black high heeled boots.

As she drank from the water fountain, Applejack couldn't take her eyes off her. She didn't want to say it out loud, but the way she was dressed didn't look like the dress code, or if it was she just passed it. The student looked up at Applejack, blew her a kiss, and then turned to walk off.

“See something you like?” another voice drawled out. Applejack looked to see another girl with long curly brown hair and a pink dress. Next to her was another girl with light blue hair wearing a darker blue and gold dress and hoodie.

“That's Rarity,” her companion said, “The school calls her “Easy Rare” though, for obvious reasons.”

“I'd stay away from her if I were you,” the original girl said, “Unless you want to catch something, mmkay?”

Applejack turned back to where the girl they were talking about walked, surprised to see her still standing there, her back turned to all of them. She then turned back to the other two girls and narrowed her eyes.

“Yeah… I think I can make my own decisions, thanks,” Applejack said. The two girls turned their noses to the air and then walked off. Applejack turned back to the girl in black and walked over to her, “Hey, uh… Rarity, right? Are you okay?”

“They're right, you know,” Rarity said softly, “About what they said about me.”

“W-what do ya-” Applejack was shocked when Rarity quickly turned to her, and kissed her dead on the mouth, pinning Applejack to her locker and making out with her for a few seconds. When she pulled away, she smirked, looking Applejack in the eyes.

“Consider that a gift,” Rarity said, “Something to make your life here a little easier,” she turned around and sauntered off, “Welcome to Ponyville High, darling.”

After watching Rarity walk off, paying unintentional attention to her hips as they swayed with each step, she turned back to her locker, noticing how many of the students, both male and female, were giving Applejack shocked looks. It looked like she had succeeded in accidentally becoming popular on her first day.

“She got kissed by Easy Rare…”

“Dude, her thing is to never make the first move…!”

“I wish she'd kiss me like that…”

Applejack blushed and buried her face in her locker as she gathered her books. That was… oddly generous of Rarity, in its own weird and slutty way. Still though… why did she kiss her like that?

She was careful how she picked her books out of her locker, else they'd fall over when she grabbed the ones she needed. She also picked out her pens for the day. It was Monday, so she was supposed to use the black ballpoint pen today for the first half, and then the blue push pen for the second half.

She put the pens in the pocket of her blue jacket, and then carefully closed her locker setting the lock to stop right on zero. She looked closely to see that it was right on the mark, and then sighed in relief before walking to her homeroom. On the way she saw Rarity walk into the classroom ahead of her. Despite being a slut, Rarity was definitely beautiful.

Twilight on the other hand was the complete opposite. Unlike Rarity's fancy and flattering clothes, Twilight wore a simple blue skirt that fell to her knees, purple striped shirt, blue jacket, and black Mary-Jane shoes. On her nose was a pair of black glasses, and her long straight purple hair was tied in a high ponytail.

She was about to walk into her homeroom, but stopped when she saw her crush walk past her. He had short blue hair, and wore a black jacket, white t-shirt, blue jeans, and sneakers. As he pulled out his cellphone to check a message, Twilight bit her lip and hugged her books close to her chest.

“Flash…” Twilight said softly, her heart racing. He was her crush since freshman year, and time hadn't calmed down her feelings. Instead, her feelings had gotten even more intense. No one in the school knew how badly she wanted him. How her body would heat up at just the thought of him, or the sound of his voice. She tried to be neat and tidy all the time, but Flash Sentry was probably the only person she'd be willing to cut loose around. Maybe even do something more… “dirty” with him.

Sadly though, there was one person who did know about her crush on Flash. Said person walked right up to him and hugged him, kissing him softly on the lips. This girl had fiery red hair, and wore a black leather jacket, a red one piece mini skirt, and matching boots. The girl shot Twilight a sideways glance, and she quickly turned around to hide behind the corner.

“Was someone there?” Flash asked.

“It was no one important, Flash,” the girl said with a smirk, “Homeroom's about to begin, so I'll see you later, alright?”

“Alright Sunset,” Flash said, “I'll see you in history.”

Flash walked off, and Sunset leaned against the wall folding her arms.

“He's gone now,” she said. Twilight closed her eyes and slowly stepped out, trembling as the girl motioned with her finger to walk over to her. When she did, Sunset grabbed Twilight by her hair and pulled her head back, “I saw you lusting over my man just now.”

“I… I'm sorry Miss Shimmer…!” Twilight cried, “He didn't see me… I promise…!”

“Of course he didn't see you. Why would he give a damn about a freak like you?” Sunset asked before slamming her hand on Twilight's books, making them fall to the floor. Twilight naturally panicked, and when Sunset let her go, Twilight knelt down immediately to pick them up. When she was almost done, Sunset kicked one book away and laughed watching Twilight scamper off to grab it. She stopped suddenly though as someone grabbed her and turned her around.

“Whoo boy, what do we have here?” another girl asked, this one with blond hair and a cowboy hat, “Homeroom hasn't even started yet, and I already found the local mean girl an' this school's bully!”

“Mind your own business, hick!” Sunset shouted. The girl with the hat laughed.

“Is that the best you can do? Really? Pickin on a sweet helpless thing like her,” she motioned to Twilight, “callin me names straight outta elementary school? You gotta be the worst bully ever! An' jus' so we're clear, I was mindin’ my own business, then I saw somethin’ that I just can't stand. A waste of space.”

“Oh, you are asking for it now, bitch!” Sunset shouted. She threw a few punches, but the girl in the hat effortlessly moved out of the way of each attack. After a few seconds, she slapped Sunset hard on the cheek.

Sunset was wide eyed as she held her cheek, “Did… you just… slap me?!”

“Yeah. Weird, right?” the girl said, “Looks like you an' I have the same homeroom. So here's how this is gonna work, kay? You're gonna sit far away from both me an' her, an' yer gonna avoid both of us for the rest of the day. As long as ya do that, we won't have a problem. But if I so much as smell your cheap perfume anywhere near us,” she leaned in close and narrowed her eyes, “I'm gonna do worse than slap ya next time. Now get outta my sight.”

Sunset stormed off in a huff. Twilight looked at the girl who saved her with wide eyes as she knelt down and helped her gather her books.

“Here ya go,” the girl with the hat said, “You let me know if she gives ya more trouble, alright? There's nothin’ wrong with askin’ for help.”

Twilight nodded wordlessly. The girl helped her up, patted her on the back, and then walked into homeroom, where apparently she had been there for a few minutes already. Twilight stepped inside and sat down in the back like usual, taking note to how Rarity was eyeing the girl who helped her, who Twilight soon learned was named Applejack.

That was the first time anyone stood up for her like that…

“Hey, did you hear?” a student asked running up to another girl with an impossibly long and curly pink mane of hair, wearing a pink and white blouse, jean vest and skirt, striped pink stockings, and white sneakers, who was sitting at her desk writing in her notebook.

“Hear what, Cheese Sandwich?” the girl asked, her voice really high and sweet.

“Some new girl is in school now shaking things up,” the boy said sitting down next to her, “Not only did she stand up to Sunset Shimmer, but Easy Rare actually kissed her!”

“Hold on, Easy Rare made the first move?!” the bubbly girl asked in shock.

“I'm surprised you didn't hear about it, Pinkie Pie,” Cheese Sandwich asked, “It's been all over the school. This “Applejack” has already become one of the most popular subjects in school.”

“I had my music playing all day,” Pinkie Pie said, “Geez, the one day I stop paying attention to the world, and something interesting happens. Well, I'm not going to pass this up. This girl is going to help me with the operation,” the bell rang, and Pinkie Pie giggled and ran to the door.

“Where are you going?” Cheese Sandwich called out. Pinkie Pie poked her head back inside.

“To gather as much information on this new girl that I can and become her friend!” Pinkie Pie cheered, “This is fantastic! Finally a true hero has come into the school!”

With that, Pinkie Pie rushed out of the classroom to her locker. It was lunch now, so she'd have time to get as much information on Applejack as possible. Everyone in school thought she was crazy, but this proved it. Heroes were real, and Pinkie Pie was going to be friends with one.

And then, the two of them would save the school.

The first half of classes went off without issue, although everyone was still gossiping about her all throughout school. Apparently “Easy Rare” never made the first move, so her being kissed was really major. Also, that Sunset Shimmer was a bully to everyone, but seemed to focus on that girl with glasses the most.

She hated how no one stood up to her before, but she understood. If they interfered, they'd probably get it just as bad too. Applejack didn't care about any of that though. If Sunset tried anything, she'd just break her arm or something.

Lunch was next, so Applejack went to her locker to change books first. Once she finished and closed her locker, she turned around but was shocked to see the girl with glasses standing behind her with a big smile.

“Hi!” she beamed.

“Hi…” Applejack said nodding. She tried to go around her, but the girl stood in her way with that same smile, “Um, can I help you?”

“Sorry! Sorry! I guess this looks really creepy. You're probably thinking to yourself something like “Oh my God I just saved a complete weirdo, she's probably not going to leave me alone now”, and I'm sorry for coming off strange. I don't really know how to talk to people, even though I'm talking to you right now, which I guess is a bit of a paradox. Oh, did you know that the word “paradox” comes from the Greek word paradoxon. The two parts of the word mean-”

“Whoa! Whoa! Why don't ya start by tellin’ me yer name,” Applejack asked.

“Right. Good idea. I'm Twilight. Twilight Sparkle. I'm seventeen years old, blood type A positive, IQ of 175, I like reading, writing, playing video games, and messing with-” Applejack held up her hand to cut her off.

“I… just wanted your name, but that other stuff's real interestin’,” Applejack said, feeling super awkward in front of this girl. Something about her just seemed really odd, but it seemed like she wasn't trying to be weird. Actually, it seemed like her issue was that she was trying to be normal, but didn't know how.

“You're Applejack, right?” Twilight asked, “I heard your name in homeroom, and everywhere in school. Did you know that the entire school is going crazy over you? Something about being kissed by Easy Rare. Are you a lesbian? I'm not. Not that I'd mind if you were.”

Applejack blinked, trying to figure out how to respond, “Um, alright then. Yes I know that the school is talkin 'bout me, Rarity did kiss me, haven't quite figured out my sexual preference, glad that you figured out yours, an' good to know.”

Twilight beamed, “You understand me! You're actually the first person to ever want to talk to me!”

‘I wouldn't say I want to talk to you,’ Applejack thought. Something told her to stay though, that she'd be a real bitch if she left her.

“You have lunch next?” Twilight asked, “I do too, but I don't eat in the cafeteria. I eat in the library. I like eating alone. Well, I don't know if I like it, but I'm comfortable eating alone. Besides, I wanted to get some homework done while I eat. Can we walk together though? I'll leave you alone once we get to the cafeteria.”

“S-sure,” Applejack said, “I don't mind. Really.”

Twilight smiled sweetly and followed Applejack to the lunchroom. She seemed really nice, but there was still something off about her that Applejack just couldn't put her finger on.

“So… did you want somethin?” Applejack asked Twilight, “I mean, you sorta did come outta nowhere, an' this is random as hell.”

“Right. There was something I wanted to ask you,” Twilight said, “Do you know how to drive?”

Applejack was wide eyed, “Okay, you jus' asked me that, yes.”

“Yes! I was hoping that would be your answer!” Twilight cheered, “I need your help!”

Now Applejack looked a little afraid, “Why did you need to know if I could drive?”

“There's someplace I want to go tonight, but I can't get there on foot because it's too far away. I need someone who knows how to drive to take me there,” Twilight explained, “We can use my Dad's jeep to get there. He doesn't mind if I'm out late as long as I'm not alone. I'd ask my older brother, but he's staying with his girlfriend for a few days. But then I thought that if I asked you, maybe you'd take me.”

“Um, I'd love to help you, Twilight, really I would, it's just… I can't,” Applejack said sadly. The way Twilight wilted made Applejack's heart sink into her stomach.

“O-oh, right. I understand. I mean, we're not friends or anything. I guess I just… um,” Twilight closed her eyes and turned away.

“It's not that,” Applejack said stopping her, “I promise, it's not that I think you're weird or anything. I literally can't help you. I… sorta got this thing on my ankle…” Applejack pulled her jeans up a bit revealing her ankle brace. When Twilight saw that, she nodded in understanding.

“Oh, that's what's wrong. You're under house arrest,” Twilight stated. Applejack couldn't believe how casually she said that. There was definitely something off about this girl.

“Y-yeah, so if I'm not home by seven, the feds are gonna come knockin on my door, so…” Applejack shrugged, “Sorry. I'd help ya if I could,” she turned to walk into the cafeteria.

“I can fix that.”

Applejack stopped and turned to Twilight slowly, “Um… come again…?”

“Yeah, come to my house before seven, and I can remove that limit for you,” Twilight said, twirling her finger in her hair and swaying to the side a bit cutely. She looked dead serious too.

“You can take this thing off me,” Applejack asked, “Or at least make it so I can stay out past seven.”

Twilight nodded, “I can make it so you can stay out as long as you want. If I do that, will you drive me anywhere I want to go?”

“Girl, you do this for me, an' I'll be your personal chauffeur an' bodyguard for the entire year,” Applejack said.

“I don't need you to be my chauffeur for the year,” Twilight said with a confused frown, “Just tonight will be fine.”

“I was jus' exaggeratin’,” Applejack said with a sigh, “I'm- look, I'll drive ya tonight.”

“Perfect,” Twilight said smiling again, “Hand me your phone. I'll text you my address.”

Applejack gave her phone to Twilight, and she immediately typed in her address into Applejack's notepad before handing it back.

“Thanks,” Applejack said, “Ah'll see ya tonight then.”

Twilight nodded happily, “See you tonight Applejack.”

As she walked off, Applejack looked down at her ankle brace. This was a huge risk, and if this went wrong, she was going right to juvie. But if this went right, she'd actually have a bit more freedom in this small town. Was she actually going to consider doing this?