Chapter 3: Family

As Applejack sipped her morning coffee she could hear everything that was going on in the house. Big Mac was fighting to get his yoke on while Granny shouted at him to help her get out of bed. Applebloom was running throughout her room attempting to find her favorite ribbon, which she had somehow lost again before going to bed the previous night. After a few minutes the entirety of the Apple family was down in the kitchen with Applejack, all three of them talking loudly to each other as they all attempted to do what they needed to do. Meanwhile Applejack had finished her coffee and was now slowly eating some apple tarts that Granny had placed on the table the night before. All in all, it was a fairly normal morning in the Apple house, except for the fact that Applejack was now eating for three, so most of the tarts were already gone by the time Applebloom went to get some.

"Sis, you ate all the tarts again!" Applebloom whined as she looked at the empty plate, her bottom lip pushed out just a bit.

"Granny will make more tonight, you know that" Applejack replied after she swallowed the last piece of tart, liking her lips so she could make Applebloom jealous for fun. Applebloom grunted angrily and walked away, her bottom lip still pushed out, making Applejack laugh.

"So, got any plans for today sis?" Big Mac asked as he sat down with his own cup of coffee and some toast.

"Not really, I was just thinking about staying at home and helping Granny wi-"

*KNOCK, KNOCK*

"What in tarnation?" the entire Apple family asked as all of their heads shot to the door. Applejack got up first to go see what it was, finding it extremely unusual that somepony would be at the house this early in the morning. As she tentatively reached for the door nob Applejack felt a wave of uneasiness come over her, as if the pony on the other side of the door was...

"Applejack, I know you're in there, please let me in" the pony said in a sickening way to Applejack, "It's me, Flim!" Without thinking Applejack opened the door, turned around, and bucked Flim right in the face,the force sending him flying off the deck.

"STAY AWAY FROM THE FARM YOU SON OF A BITCH!" Applejack screamed as loud as she could, causing even Big Mac to be afraid of her for a minute. Applejack slammed the door shut as hard as she could, causing both the door and the frame to splinter, making her even angrier. She didn't care about anything now, she was going to go back up to her room, climb into bed, and stay there for the rest of the day until Flim left, like he always did. As she laid her head down all Applejack could think of was that sick bastards face when he...

"I would kill him if I could..." Applejack mumbled angrily as she closed her eyes, expecting the next few hours to give her the silence she now wanted so dearly.

*tink*

...

*tink*

"Urgh..."

*TINK*

"Oh for the love a'..."

*SMASH*

"WHAT IN CELESTIA'S NAME IS GOING ON?!"

"I WANT TO TALK TO YOU!" Flim shouted from outside the farmhouse, his voice going through the window he just smashed in Applejack's bedroom, "PLEASE COME DOWN HERE!"

"NO!" Applejack shouted back before she shoved a pillow into the hole in the window, sealing it back up for the time being. From outside she could hear him shouting some more, despite her efforts to ignore him. A few minutes later Big Mac came up to her room and looked at the window, his expression quickly turning sour. Without saying a word Big Mac left the room and headed outside,  evident by the loud stomping and the slamming of the front door again.

"Go away you bastard, she doesn't want to see you" Big Mac said angrily, his usually calm voice now sounding menacing. Flim laughed, making Big Mac angrier with every second.

"Sorry Mac, but if you didn't know..." Flim said quietly, breathing in before shouting, "It's my foal she's carrying around!" Applejack removed the pillow for a second so she could throw one of the rocks back, managing to nail Flim right in the head, making him sway back and forth before he shook his head from side to side.

"Oh you bitch" Flim muttered under his breath, making Mac grunt as he dug his hind legs into the ground. Before he could charge Applebloom came running out of the house, stopping just in front of him.

"It's not your foal!" Applebloom shouted angrily, "They're hers!" Everypony froze for a moment as they all processed what Applebloom had just shouted out.

"They're?" Flim echoed, a devious smile appearing across his lips, "Looks like you now have another reason that you should be with me, Applejack"

"She doesn't need you, she has us!" Granny shouted from the porch, making Big Mac turn around in surprise. It was rare for Granny to be outside the house this early, being up for an argument too was surprising to everypony.

"What happens when you croak you old hag?" Flim asked, making Big Mac's temper flare higher than it's ever been, "Who would take the farm in that case?" Everypony looked at Granny as she thought about the will that she had, and that her son had created with his wife...

"The first of the foals to be married inherits the farm..." Granny said sadly, her eyes dropping to the floor as she realized what it meant for them. Before Flim could make another snobbish remark Big Mac charged forwards, pushing him and his partner clean off the farm, making sure that he was not going to come back for a long while by giving him a good old fashioned hoofsandwich, with extra pain. Until Big Mac came stomping back up the path Applebloom looked at Granny, hoping that she was wrong about the farm, but she wasn't. If he manages to marry Applejack, then the farm would be...