Chapter 7: Apple Stand Brawl

It was early morning when Applejack opened the apple stand and prepared for a long day ahead of selling apples in the hot sun. When the stand was finally set up Applejack looked around and saw no pony around, then looked down to make sure her water bottle was down underneath the stand, so she wouldn't become dehydrated during her work. As she looked back up she saw a giant crowd of ponies forming right in front of her stand, all of them eager to buy their bushels of apples. Once the first bushel was sold she stood up on a box that was next to the stand so she could see more of the ponies that were waiting for apples.

"This is going to be a very long day..." Applejack said tiredly as she climbed back down to continue selling apples to everypony that was waiting for her. As the day went on everypony was trotting away happily with a bushel or two of apples on their backs. One mare decided to buy five bushels and had a few stallions carry them for her, reminding Applejack immediately about Rarity, which managed to make her giggle. A few hours later Rarity did come to the stand, but only with Spike walking beside her.

"Hello Rarity" Applejack said happily as Spike pulled Rarity's bits out of her saddlebag.

"Good morning Applejack" Rarity said as Spike placed fifteen bits on the stand, telling Applejack that she had to give Rarity five bushels.

"What's with all the apples?" Applejack asked, finding the number of bushels being strange for somepony like Rarity.

"Oh, they're for me and my parents, they're out of town and are out of apples according to Sweetie Belle" Rarity said as  Spike took the bushels off of the stand, struggling with them because of his small hands. Applejack gave Rarity a happy nod as her and Spike left, heading off towards the boutique. When they were out of sight Applejack turned back to the stand, seeing two ponies that she never wanted to see again before she died.

"Hello Applejack" Flim and Flam said at the same time, receiving an angry glare from her when she saw their faces. Applejack decided to turn to the next customer, happily taking their bits in exchange for a hoof of bits. As the two twins stood in front of the stand Applejack continued to give out bushels to ponies on either side, working fast so she could pack up the stand and head back to the farm where Big Mac would keep them away.

"You can't ignore us forever Applejack" Flim said as Flam put a piece of paper down on the stand.

"I can sure as f-" Applejack froze when she saw the paper Flam had put on the stand, "What is this?"

"It's a marriage certificate" Flim said, "You need to sign it"

"And why in Luna's white moon would I sign that?" Applejack asked angrily, her eyes squinting as she glared at the two of them. While she stared a few stallions came up to her side, working with Flim to try and keep her behind the stand. Quickly realizing what was going on Applejack picked up some of the bushels of apples and tossed them up into the air, distracting the stallions on her side long enough for her to pick up two more bushels and whack them in the side of the head, knocking them out cold. A few mares that were there in the crowd gasped loudly, somewhat afraid of the storm that was coming.

"Great, now you've knocked out our help" Flam said unhappily as the final stallion passed out, his tongue lolling out of his mouth, "We paid good money for them" As Applejack turned to look at the twins the two bushels she had thrown into the sky came down, landing on their heads, causing most if not all of the colts and fillies in the crowd to start laughing as entire apples got stuck on their horns.

"Ok that's it!" Flim shouted as he jumped over the stand, his hooves reaching for Applejack's neck. Using his brother as a distraction while he ran around the stand, making sure to step over his help before he went to grab Applejack's forelegs so he could hold her up. Once he got a hold of her hooves Flim reared a foreleg back, and let loose. At this point he was angry enough that he being pregnant didn't matter at all to him. With every punch  Applejack let out a shout of pain. As he punched away he ended up falling forwards slightly, just enough to punch Applejack right in the gut, making her shout at the top of her lungs, grabbing the attention of somepony that was flying by

"HEY ASSHOLE!" the pony shouted from far away, getting the attention of everypony that was watching in horror.

"IT'S RAINBOW DASH!" one of the young colts shouted from somewhere in the crowd, making Flim and Flam look up as quickly as they could.

"OH SHIT!" They both shouted as they let go of Applejack, eager to get out of there, but Applejack managed to grab Flam's hooves while Rainbow shot down at Flim, hitting him like a rocket. The two of them tumbled through the crowd, throwing dirt high into the sky, causing many of the ponies that had been watching to scatter. Meanwhile Applejack threw Flam over her back and into the apple stand, smashing it in the process.

"YOU SON OF A BITCH!" Rainbow shouted as she jumped onto Flam from Flim, punching them repeatedly in their face. Flam was crying in pain as the splinters of wood dug into his back, and Flim was wailing in pain from his broken ribs.  As they  were being pummelled them into the ground some guards came by, rushing over to pull the angry mare off of Flam

"What's going on over here?!" the guards shouted as they skidded to a stop by Rainbow dash

"THEY PUNCHED THE FOALS!" Applejack shouted in pain as she held her stomach.

"What?" both guards said as they looked around for any foals, both of them managing to see Applejack's swollen stomach at the same time, their eyes widening. Now they were being caught between the two fighting parties. They had to stop the twins from being beaten to a pulp, but they also couldn't let the twins get away after punching the pregnant mare in the stomach. At that moment Rainbow threw both of Flam and Flim's bloody and broken bodies at the guards.

"ARREST THEM NOW!" she shouted, storming up to the guards angrily. The guards immediately freaked out and picked up the two Unicorns, carrying them on their backs as they ran away from the angry mare. When the guards were far away from them the two mares looked at each other, happy, yet pained, smiles on their faces.

"Thanks for the help" Applejack said as she lifted a hoof up towards Rainbow Dash.

"No problem" Rainbow said, accepting the hoof bump, "But, uh, you might want to get that checked out" Applejack looked down to her stomach the impact of the punch she had received finally hitting her, and she almost immediately took off towards the hospital, her fear of the foals being hurt giving her the ability to run insanely fast.