//------------------------------// // Personal Tails // Story: Orange and Cyan // by PaperBack //------------------------------// After lunch they stood on the front porch finishing their conversation. “Well thank you Applejack for an absolutely delicious lunch I think I may have to go and lay down for a few minutes.” PaperBack said with a small laugh “ Anyway I really should get going, also we really need to chat more there is a whole chapter just on you, dear.” “Well Ah’m mighty flattered PaperBack” said Applejack with a chuckle, pulling her stetson hat over her face to hide her slightly red cheeks. “Now I know that there are six of you,” PaperBack said as she put a hoof to her chin and thought of the ponies she has met “Now let’s see I’ve met Rarity, you, Twilight of course.” “Well if Ah can get Rainbow ta sit still long Ah’ll bring her along for lunch tomorrow.” “That sounds great I look forward to tomorrow.” PaperBack said with a smile “Thanks fer comin’” Applejack waved and turned back to see Big Mac walking up to her “Ready to get back to the orchard and finish out the day?” “Eeyup” he said a small smile on his face. As soon as they arrived at the rows of trees they had left before lunch Applejack heard soft snoring coming from one of the trees. Walking up to the tree where the snoring emanated from she caught a glimpse of a rainbow colored tail hanging down lazily from the branches above her head. Applejack followed it up to the pony it was attached to fast asleep. She nickered quietly to herself, turned around and proceed to give the tree a hard, swift kick with her hind legs. THWAACK!! The cyan pegasus' eyes opened as she came falling out of the tree and colliding with the hard soil below. Applejack couldn't help but laugh at the pegasus' expense. “HEY, what gives AJ!” she yelled massaging her foreleg while an apple landed on her head. Dash looked at the orange mare still rolling on the ground laughing so hard tears were streaming down her face. Applejack finally got up holding her stomach with her foreleg “ You shoulda seen the look on yer face, absolutely priceless!” she said through a mouth full of giggles “Anyway it’s a good thing Ah found ya, there’s a lady writin’ a book ‘bout Twilight.” “Yeah, I heard,” Rainbow said sitting back on her haunches and crossing her legs on her chest, “what of it” “Well she's a goin’ around to all of us and getting to know us and a little snipit of our daily lives is goin’ into the book. She has met me and Rarity and Ah’m havin’ lunch with her tomorrow and Ah said if Ah could get ya ta sit still long enough Ah’d bring ya along.” “‘Alright where will you guys be at?” “Ah thought we would meet at that new cafe in town, Ah can’t remember the name of it.” said Applejack rubbing her chin with her hoof. “Oh… Uh the Milky Way Cafe!” Dash exclaimed standing up. “Yeah,” Applejack confirmed “ that’s the place.” “Okay,” she said as she turned and spread her wings and sprang into the air taking flight only to be stopped, falling back to the hard dirt, Rainbow Dash whipped her head around and stared right into the emerald eyes of the orange pony standing on her tail. “If you keep stepping on my tail it’s gonna fall out one of these days.” “ Ya fergot yer pillow” Applejack said pointing a hoof at the branch Rainbow was sleeping on. “Heh… right” Dash said flying up to retrieve her pillow turned and said “Now I’ll see ya tomorrow. and shot up into the bright blue sky. Applejack looked on at the fading blue coat of her pegasus friend as she shook her head and smiled saying to herself. “Ah’ll never fully understand that pegasus.” The rest of the day was uneventful and quiet save the sounds of hooves against the wood of the apple trees. On their way back to the barn to off load the wagon for the final time for the day Applejack and Big Mac looked to the west at the pinks, oranges, and yellows of the sunset they were witnessing. Standing and staring awestruck Applejack was the first to speak almost startling Mac “Wow, Celestia has really outdone herself with the sunset tonight, wouldn’t ya say Mac?” “Eeyup” was the only word he could utter tears welling up in his eyes. The evening hours seemed to fly by, after they had dinner and discussed the events of the day and their the Apples were in their beds doing their night time activities; reading, doing a crossword puzzle. The orange farm pony lay in her bed reading a book when. SSSSSS...BOOOM!!!! She jumped right out of her bed sending her book flying across the room. “ Holy hroseapples Rainbow Ah know ya like makin’ thunderstorms and all but do ya have ta scare the daylights outta everypony?” she asked out loud, went and picked up her book, got back in bed finished her chapter and fell asleep. The next morning Applejack awoke the way she normally did, with the rooster cockadoodleing just before the sun rose. After breakfast Applejack and Big Mac made their way to the barn to get the wagon and baskets and headed out to where they had left off the day before. As the day progressed Applejack grew more and more antsy for midday to come so she could go and have lunch with PaperBack. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Applejack looked to the sky and saw the sun almost at its peak, she took her hat off and wiped the sweat from her brow. “Finally… noon” she said putting her hat back on her head “ Hey Mac Ah’m gonna take the cart back and go to town. Ah’ll be back later.” “Eeyup.” he said with an affirmative nod and she walked back to the barn with the wagon in tow. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ “Oh, Applejack, over here” shouted somepony. The orange pony tore her eyes away from the ceiling of the cafe and looked around to find the source of the voice, she looked over the small half wall that separated the entrance from the dining room of the Milky Way Cafe, to find a white hoof waving eagerly to get her attention. “ Well Hi Rarity, Ah didn’t know y’all were gonna be here.” “ Oh I was just finishing up telling PaperBack about myself,” she said flicking her mane “ and now that you are here I’ll leave you two to chat. I have some much needed things I need to do before I unveil my new line in Manehatten in a few days, ta ta", waived the white unicorn, and she was off her chair and out the door before Applejack could argue. PaperBack looked to the still standing earth pony, “Have a seat” she motioned to the chair directly across from her, “ Where is Rainbow Dash?” she asked “ Running late as usual.” said Applejack “ Well, while we are waiting why don’t you tell me about yourself, give me the life story of Applejack.” ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ As Applejack was starting in on the story of her life, outside landing in front of the cafe was a cyan pegasus folding her wings and walking in the door. The orange coat of her friend caught her eye as she made her way through the dining room. "And speaking of the pony responsible for mah cutie mark. It's 'bout time ya got here." Applejack teased "Heh... Sorry", Rainbow Dash said rubbing the back of her neck with her hoof sheepishly. "It's quite alright, Applejack was just telling me how she got her cutie mark. I am finding that all of you around the same time received your cutie marks," Said PaperBack " all due to you Rainbow Dash!" Dash's ears drooped as she smiled meekly and said " Heh I guess so" she turned and looked into Applejack's emerald eyes and was instantly lost in a sea of green and black. Doing so must have caused an awkward moment, because she snapped out of the trance AJ's eyes caused her to fall into when AJ waved a hoof in front of her face. "Everythin' alright RD?" asked AJ setting her hoof back down of the table. Rainbow Dash shook her head then answered "Huh... Yeah I'm alright." With the awkward moment in the passed PaperBack asked Applejack to continue with her story. When the farm pony was finished PaperBack turned to Rainbow Dash and asked for her point of view in the great cutie mark discovery.