Ch.5

Applejack woke up in a bed. Where in tarnaton is Tom? And who and the hay fixed up this room? The room, the night before trashed, was neatly fixed up. It was a very chilly morning, with the sun just peaking over the horizion. AJ looked down and noticed that Tom's hoddie was wrapped around her. Time ta get everyone up fer work taday Applejack thought as she got up and woke Big Mac and Matt up. " Come on you 2, we got work taday!"

Both of them groaned and she smiled. Now I just need ta find that varment They all sat down and enjoyed a early breakfast. Matt had a apple and AJ and Big Mac had hay. While they were eating Applejack asked, " Matt, do ya know where Tom is? He wasn't in his room." Matt shook his head and smiled, " Tom probably spent all night picking apples when the storm was done. " He laughed at their shocked expressions. " Applejack, you helped Tom last night, I know him and he'll feel like he owes you something."

Applejack shook her head. " Tom ain't like that! He's a variment! He just probably went to hide ta get away from work!" Matt laughed. " Applejack, tom is the grumpest person that I have ever met, but he is always there for anyone. Some one needs a helping hand, Tom. Someone needs a shoulder to cry on, Tom's there." matt laughed again, he could see that she didn' believe him. shrugging as he finished his breakfast, Matt got up. " Don't be surprised if all of your apples are in your barn right now. The two thinks Tom is known for is not sleeping in beds and for doing impossible things."

After the 3 of them finished their food they went outside to start the days work. They had a long work day ahead of them. The largest plot of the orchard was rip and it was going to take all week to finish. Time to get bucking Applejack thought happily, trotting to the northern part of the orchard. But to her surprise all of the apples were off the trees. As far as she could see the trees were stripped bare. What in the hays, goin on? She thought as she ran to the barn, looking for Big Mac. She saw him leaving the barn, shaking his head. " Big Mac all the apples in the northern orchard are gone!" Big Mace shook his head and pointed to the door.

Couris, she opened the barn door and gasped.

All through the barn were carts filled with apples. In another cart were all of the brusied and rotting apples. Matt was in there laughing. " H-How?" Applejack asked. What usually took a week was already done. " Told ya." Matt said. Applejack frowned, " he probably forgot some, lets look around." Applejack ran through each row of trees, each one of them bare. How did the critter do it? She was thrown out of her thoughts when she heard snoring. He walked over to where the snoring was loudest. There was Tom, snoring under a tree.

The day before Applejack was concerned as the other ponies when she heard what humans were like. They hurt each other, lie, steal, and are just plum mean to each other and ones just spent a whole night helping us. Applejack didn't know how to feel about that. She walked over to Tom, he was shirtless and was covered in dirt, her dog sleeping on his lap. Both of them were moving their legs like they were running. Tom was also was muttering in his sleep, making AJ chuckle. She poked him with her hoof. " Tom, wake up." He kept muttering but was still asleep. She kept poking him until he opened a bloodshot eye at her. " Yes?" He said yawning.

Applejack stared at him, he looked dead tired. " Is there anymore work to be done?" He asked calmly. " Tom how did ya pick them apples to fast? It usually takes us a week ta finish the northern orchard!" He shrugged and wiggled his fingers at her." These babies, I'm guessing." " Tom, when did ya start ta pick the apples?" " About 2 am and I finished about 6 this morning." " Ya finished 20 minutes ago?!" " I guess." Tom got up, yawning. " I'm sure there's more work-" He took two steps and fell face down. AJ went to see if he was okay. " Tom are ya alright?" She got a snore in response.

Chuckling she carried Tom back to the house and put him on the couch. Smiling, she went to do the rest of the chores. Tom was right, there was still work to be done. The pigs needed to be fed, the fence needed to be painted, and since the storm damaged some trees, they needed to take out all of the damaged trees. This was Matt's job.

Fuck Tom and him doing impossible shit He thought as he was chopping his third tree. It was getting later in the day and it was getting hot . Matt was sweating his balls off! His shirt was off and he was covered in sweat. Twilght had come over with Spike to do lord knows what. Spike was playing with Applebloom, both of them chasing each other through the rows of trees.

Then Matt heard a loud crack and looked at a tree. Last night it must of gotten hit by a lightning, because it was almost split down the middle. Matt saw that the kids were playing under it was be made a bee line to them. Applejack and Twilight were running toward them too but they all too far away. The tree lurched dangerously and cracked, half of the tree fell, falling toward the two were playing.

They both looked up, to terrified to move. We're not going to make it! Matt thought as the tree was about to fall on them. Just then Tom zoomed to where they were and threw them both out of the way as the the tree fell on him. " TOM!" Matt and the girls yelled as Tom was covered by the tree. They all ran over to him and Twilight used her magic to lift the tree off him. Matt ran and knelled down to his broken friend. Somehow he was still breathing, but he was covered in blood, his legs bent in odd directions. Tom opened his eyes and looked at Matt and smiled, his eyes full of pain.

" Are..... the kids...... okay...... Matt?" He asked weakly. Tom smiled, even when he was dieing he was thinking about others. " There okay, now save your strength, we're going to get you some help!" Twilight lifted him off the ground, careful not to hurt him anymore. All three of them ran to ponyville hospitial. We have to hurry to save Tom, damnit don't you die on me!...

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