Chapter 5: Plan C

"Applejack what are you talking about?" Big Mac asked suddenly, cutting off Applejack's explanation of why him and Rainbow Dash getting married would be a good idea. Rainbow got up and nodded her head to show her support of Big Mac in this situation, making him blush slightly because of it. Applejack just gave the two of them a confused look, her crazy plan making completely and total sense to her.

"All I'm saying is that if you get married then Flim won't have any chance of getting the farm from us" Applejack explained again, in a shorter and simply way this time around. Big Mac sighed angrily before taking a step towards Applejack, making her back away slightly.

"We do care a lot about each other, that's a given," Big Mac said, looking back at Rainbow for support, which she gave with a nod, "but we are not going to get married because of that stupid reasoning"

"How is this stupid reasoning?!" Applejack asked angrily, her brother's stubbornness was starting to annoy her past the point of no return, "All you two have to do is go get the town hall to say you're married and things will be fine"

"We're not ready for something like that AJ" Rainbow said, almost begging Applejack to just drop the subject since it was a touchy one for her. Whenever Mac brought up the future she would dodge the question, but to be literally forced into talking about it made her upset. If she was as loyal as she was Rainbow would have left the farm before the talks could even begin.

"What about me, Granny, and Applebloom?!" Applejack asked angrily, trying to pull on Mac's deep rooted family first values that she knew he had, but he still managed to shake his head no without any thought. Before any of them could say anything else Applebloom burst through the front door with an excited look on her face.

"You guys gotta come quick, Winona just had pups!" Applebloom shouted happily, the mention of Winona's pups snapping Applejack and Big Mac out of their anger entirely. The two members of the Apple family quickly ran out of the farmhouse and into the barn, where an exhausted Winona laid with a litter of pups gathered around her underside. Applejack quickly rushed over to Winona's side, putting a hoof on her neck to make sure she was still breathing and was going to be okay. Once she had given Winona a clean bill of health she checked each of the pups, all of them getting a clean bill of health as well.

"I'd almost forgotten she was pregnant too..." Applejack said sadly as she got up to walk away from Winona. Big Mac put a hoof on her shoulder to let her know he felt the same way as she did, and now he also understood why Applejack had wanted him to marry Rainbow so quickly. All she had wanted to do was protect her own foals, knowing that she was a tough enough mare that she could keep them safe alone, but without the farm she wouldn't have anywhere to keep them safe at.

"Applejack, about what we were arguing about..." Big Mac said slowly as he thought of the right words to explain himself, "I love Rainbow, I really do, but to marry her so soon, it just ain't right" Applejack lowered her head as she finally realized how crazy her idea had been, making her feel ashamed of herself for even suggesting such a thing to her best friend and her brother.

"I'm sorry for what I said earlier" Applejack said with her head still down, but Big Mac lifted it up with his hoof so he could look her in the eyes and smile.

"It's okay" Big Mac said, just as Rainbow came into the farmhouse.

"What's up?" Rainbow asked, getting the feeling that things were going to be less weird now.

"Nothing much, but Rainbow, do you know of any other way I can keep Flim off this farm?" Applejack asked, knowing that her rainbow maned friend knew quite a bit about the Equestria legal system given her constant run ins with them. Rainbow tapped her chin thoughtfully before coming up with an idea that she liked.

"Well, since we're elements of harmony, wouldn't Celestia come to our aid in times like this?" Rainbow asked rhetorically, pausing to giggle as Applejack nodded with a confused look on her face, "What if we got a court order on Flim so he can't be on the farm, or else he'll get jail time"

"What about when he follows me when I'm in town?" Applejack asked, having noticed Flim's ugly mug being around many street corners for the past few days.

"I'm sure a small restraining order wouldn't hurt, now would it?" Rainbow asked, laughing slightly to herself. Applejack thought it over, and when she weighed the pros against the cons, she made her decision. Celestia knows if Rainbow is right about what she said, and that she knew what she was talking about, and as if one cue, a certain lavender Unicorn and her humble purple Dragon came into the barn, having heard the news of Winona's pups from Sweetie Belle who had been on her way back to Rarity's.

"Ah, looks like the whole thing is already done, oh well, let's go examine them Spike" Twilight said as she started to move towards Winona and her pups, which were still happily drinking some of her warm milk. Twilight looked closely to see what had happened, and what was going on, but wasn't able to figure it out.

"I wonder where Applejack is, she probably knows about all this stuff" Twilight said sadly before turning to head out the barn, coming snout to snout with Applejack, "Ah, just the mare I was looking for"

"I could say they same for you Twi..." Applejack said with a mock smile on her face, making Twilight back off for a time before she was able to speak again, having been freaked out by her new look, "Do you know if Celestia is able to make it so Flim can't be around the farm, or even around me on a day when I leave?"

"Well, yes it is possible, but why" Twilight said as she gave Applejack a confused look.

"Oh, no reason..." Applejack said as she started to giggle menacingly, "No reason at all..."