My silent sister
Chapter 5
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applejack trotter in the old farm house,the apple family home was very cozy, giving the feel of a old cottage with the low beamed ceilings and walls. Small tuffs of light orange mane was trapped under the uneven wood, the low beams caused problems for the tall Big Mac, he is always hitting his head across them.
Contemplating, applejack took the rout to her bedroom, slipping past the living room doorway hoping not to be seen, applejack didn't notice Granny Smith as she past the door, "and where are you sneaking off too young lady?" A old mare stood up from her rocking chair eyeing applejack.
"Sorry granny I... I am tired!" Applejack tryed to explain "what wrong AJ ?" Granny stepped closer to her, trying to look into applejack emotional eyes, AJ answered "iam fine."
Granny placed a hoof on applejack check moving her gaze to her own " you can't lie to me applejack, what's going on?"granny eye brows raised as she waited some time for a response with no luck the pale green mare strolled back over to her old wooden rocking chair " come here sugercube" granny taped her hoof gently on the floor before hoping back onto her spot.
Applejack did as she was told siting on the cold floor boards and looked up into her grannies eyes "I met rainbows sister lemon zing, and... And I have this feeling about her!... I think she is a work pony!" Applejack explained " dear why are you so worried there is a lot of ponies that work on farms" granny shuffled forward " no granny you don't understand she is... Is a Pegasus !"
Granny smith smiled and leant over to the book case that was up against a wall of the living room, her hoof floated across the books stopping at a large yellow hardback book "here it is." Flipping the pages with care , Granny Smith stoped landing on a page with a large old photo of a family the photo look centuries old, "I want to tell you a story."
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Meany years ago there was 3 brothers named apple,orange and lemon they lived on a farm with their younger sister cherry, but the 3 brother could never agree with on which fruit to grow on their little farm, cherry couldn't Stand the fighting between her brothers forcing the young mare to fine her own land, the land she discovered was named dodge junction, her farm become very popular and the cherry family lived on till this very day.
When the brothers discovered their sister had left the oldest brother, apple, left moving to ponyville and starting his own farm - sweet apple acres- he blamed himself for the sudden loss of his only sister, orange and lemon continued to fight blaming each other for their misfortune until the day the brother orange meet a young mare from manehaten he fell deeply in love and moved away to learn from his mistakes.
The last brother cared only for himself blaming other ponies for his problems and to this day the lemon family are not the nicest of families.
The brothers become know as...
Apple the smart brother
Orange the loving brother
And lemon the selfish brother
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"Sorry granny but I don't see how this story can help me or lemon zing for that matter!" Applejack looked up with a confused expression, "Can't you see applejack? a Pegasus with a fruit in her name is very uncommon meaning the mother must have some communication or relationship with a family of that fruit" hinted the old mare.
"So your saying rainbows sister may be part of the lemon family so rainbows mother must of have known the father was from the lemon family, now they live on the lemon farm and lemon is been forced to work, and that must be why she so skinny!"
"Applejack stop plz dear, you maybe right but you need to get the truth straight from the ponies mouth" Granny Smith explained in her usual calm tone and looked at applejack, in her eyes the old mare saw the workings of AJ mind, "your one of the smartest ponies in this family, you get it from the original apple never forget it!"
" there is still one large problem! lemon Doesn't talk!"
Ask yourself one think dear dose she have a way of talking like paper and ink, Applejack looked her feet thinking for a moment before answering "No"
The old green mare shuffled forward again "What dose that tell you?"
"she can talk!" AJs eyes almost popped out of her skull as she pieced the jigsaw together, "I think you have a pony to find."
AJ shot out or the farm house hooves pounding against the dry dirt that made up the farm lane " I hope lemon is still at twilights, I better head their first!"
Dust flew into the air as the strong orange earth pony galloped into ponyville her blonde mane flying freely behide, the red bobble still clung to the golden locks as she powered herself to the public library
Applejack hulted out side of the library after hearing sobbing, lifting her orange hoof she eased the door open slipping only her face, in the corner of her eyes she noticed the purple princess that was twilight curled up holding onto her helpful dragon.
Carmily knocking, AJ stepped into the room getting a closer look of the crying princess "twilight?" Applejack mover slowly forward not wanting to startle the mare. Once she had gotten closer twilight jumped into applejacks chest almost knocking the wind out of her "applejack! I didn't.... Mean to..... I only wanted.... To protect her" twilight tried to explain through her gasped for air, applejack held her best friend close.
"Shhhhhh, it's ok sugercube" AJ ran her hoof down twilight mane as she tried to support the distort mare, applejack felt twilight breath brush past her fur as the crying begun to fall way. "Spike what in hay happened?" applejack questioned as she held twilight in her hooves like they wear sisters."Rainbow started threatening lemon so lemon ran away and twilight had a go at rainbow, now every pony is upset!" spike said thankful AJ was there to stupor her friend.
"it's ok twilight I am here" applejack held the princess she had stopped cry but still sniffed into applejacks neck, "twilight I think we should go find them two, I have an idea on what's going on." Twilight lifted her head old tears streaking down her purple checks, she give applejack a confused look, "what do you know?" Twilight asked Shakely as she rose from AJ grip, "I can't explain until we find rainbow and her sister" explained the orange earth pony.
Twilight just sighed and give her friend a nob.