Me As A Pony
Chapter 3: Apple Buck Season
Previous Chapter Next ChapterWhen I woke up from the hospital, I was in pretty bad shape but I could at least walk. So, I decided to come out of the hospital to get a muffin to eat on my way home.
But as I was walking down the street towards my house, I heard a huge rumbling noise. I looked to see that there was a massive stampede of cattle heading towards town and everyone was running around in a panic, so I started to run away as well, but then Applejack ran in with her dog and quickly rounded up all the cattle before sending them back to where they came from.
As soon as everyone saw what was going on, they all stopped running and began to cheer Applejack on. Applause rang in the air as Applejack returned to town, and she blushed, bowing modestly to the cheering crowd.
I decided that I would get her a muffin as a present to congratulate her on stopping the stampede, so later that day, I went to Sweet Apple Acres and saw that she was bucking apples in the orchards. I approached her and asked “Do you need any help?” She stopped bucking for a moment and said “Nope, I’ll be fine by myself.”There was an awkward moment of silence. I took the muffin out of my saddlebag and put it on the ground in front of her. “Here,” I said, “I got this for you. To congratulate you on stopping the stampede and stuff.” She thanked me as I was walking away.
Since I couldn’t help Applejack, I decided to ask Twilight about Nightmare Moon and what had happened while I was unconscious. I was having trouble finding her, so I went up to Rainbow Dash, who was practicing her flying routines, and asked her if she’d seen Twilight or knew where she was. “I think I saw her go into the library a while ago.” She let out a little laugh “Where else would you expect her to be?” I thanked her and went into the library, where I found Twilight Sparkle sorting a pile of books. “Oh, hi there. Can I help you?” She greeted me when she noticed my presence. “Hey, Twilight. I’d like to ask you, what happened back then when I was unconscious?”
“Well, Applejack, Rainbow Dash, Fluttershy, Pinkie Pie, Rarity and I used the Elements of Harmony to defeat Nightmare Moon and turn her into Princess Luna. Then Princess Celestia came in and Luna apologized for what she’d done. And then everything went back to normal.” She explained “And it also gave Pinkie Pie an excuse to throw another party.” She giggled. “Say, are there any spells that can get rid of burn marks?” I asked. At that moment, Twilight glanced at the clock “Oh, no! I’m going to be late for the celebration!” she exclaimed, gathering up a pile of paper with her magic before dashing out of the door with it in tow.
I decided to follow Twilight to the celebration, as I didn’t really have anything better to do.
When I got to the celebration, I saw a large crowd gathered in front of a stage. Twilight had placed the stack of paper onto a podium, and had begun a seemingly endless speech. Of course, before she was even halfway done, her other friends kept interrupting her and making their own very short speeches until Twilight eventually gave up and walked off the stage. The mayor was about to give an award to Applejack for her heroic deeds, but she didn’t seem to be there. A small while later, an exhausted-looking Applejack trudged towards the stage, climbed onto it, and wearily accepted the award, then dragged it away with her as she left.
I was worried about Applejack, so Twilight and I went to the apple orchard to see if she was ok. The orange pony was trying to buck apples, but seemed to be having some difficulty with it. She was very wobbly, kept losing her balance and missing the tree she was trying to kick.
We tried to help her, but she was being very stubborn and said she didn’t need any help. We saw that there was nothing that we could do to change her mind, so we went back to town.
The next day, the ground shook once more as another stampede approached Ponyville. The air was filled with the smell of fear as ponies ran about and hid in their panic, desperately hoping for Applejack to rush in and help them.
But she didn’t come.
I had tried to help as many ponies as I could, but even with my help, a lot of ponies were hurt in the stampede. I helped to bring the injured ponyfolk into the Hospital, where the Nurses got me to run about and bring them medical supplies so that they could help their patients.
Meanwhile, Twilight had gone off to the apple orchard to see if Applejack had changed her mind. After finishing my work at the Hospital, I went down to the orchard as well, just in time to catch Applejack breaking through her stubbornness and asking for help harvesting the apples. So, me and the other ponies worked together to harvest the apples, and before you knew it, the job was done.
I was exhausted after all that, so I walked back to Ditzy’s house (As she was still kindly letting me stay there) and snuggled into my cosy bed.
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