{Applebloom and the branch picker.}

by Bitey of Brackenwood

{Applebloom and the branch picker part 1}

---Applebloom and the Branch picker---

PART 1: The apple thief!
AN: i came up with this idea while listing to Cry read a creepy pasta called, "Mr widemouth", although i assure you this fic will NOT be like that...i just like the idea of a child befriending a monster...well...enjoy.

It was a nice warm summer's day on the apple family's farm, the bird's were singing, the tree's swayed a little in the nice warm breeze, everything was perfect...well, almost everything , a certain orange pony with a blond mane and a cowboy hat was fuming.

"Who in tarnation's been stealing our apple's!" AppleJack yelled in frustration, it was the third time this week that somepony or some thing had plucked one of the many apple tree's in the orchard bare, not a single apple remained on the tree. "I swear if i find the fella that's doin this im going to...im going to! hmmm...what WILL i do?" she thought as she rubbed her chin with one of her fore hoof's.
Meanwhile in a small tree house three young fillies' were planning a way to get their cutiemark's. the three fillies' were, Applebloom, Sweetebella and Scootaloo, three school fillies' with blank flanks. "Ah reckon we should try and help Pinkie bake, she love's to have fun!" Applebloom said with a small smile, "well i think we should go and help your sister find this apple thief, she's been a little up tight lately..." scootaloo said, "yeah...we could be cutimark crime stoppers!" Sweetebella cried, they then jumped in the air and yelled, "CUTIE MARK CRUSADER'S CRIME STOPPER'S!" before rushing out of the tree house and towards poor Applejack.

As Applejack stomped around the orchard looking for the thief, she heard the sound of hoof's approaching, no wait, three set's of hoof's. "oh you got to be kidding me..." she sighed before being tackled by three small fillies', "hey big sis, were gonna help ya find the apple thief!" her younger sister yelled with glee, "oh joy..." Applejack sighed before standing up and dusting herself off, "what do you three trouble maker's want?" she said with a small smile, "we want to help you find the thief!" Scootaloo said, then, the three children started to spread out and look for the thief, they searched in bushes and under rock's, nothing.
the four of them spent the rest of their day looking for the thief but kept finding nothing, "well shuck's...this darn thief is like a ghost! invisible!" Applebloom groaned, "well their not going to be out hear holding a sign saying "hey their i stole your apples!" are they?" scootaloo said and chuckled, she was indeed, a very funny filly, or that's what she was thinking before an apple fell onto her head.

once the day ended and Applebloom's friend's returned to the small town of ponyville, Applejack and Applebloom headed inside, "ah cant believe we didn't find that varmint! we were searching high and low!" Applebloom said with a loud sigh, "well, i put some trap's up to catch the thief if it's an animal, if that's the case then we could give it to Fluttershy to take care of..." Applejack grunted before heading to her room. "an animal eh? hmmm..." Applebloom said before rubbing her front hooves' together and grinning, "Ah think it's time for a night inve-inves-investigation? ah what ever..." she thought before grabbing a lantern and heading out into the night.

The farm looked like a whole new place at night, the tree's looked taller and a little bit creepy, the bird's were replaced with the occasional bat, and owl's hooted their eerie hoot's into the cool night air. As Applebloom wandered deeper into the orchard, she started to notice that when ever she stepped on a leaf or twig, she would jump out of her fur, "geez...get it together Applebloom, you can do this, your a cutie mark crusader!" she thought while trembling slightly.

SNAP!

Applebloom stood dead still, she heard something loud, like when a nut cracker bust open a chest nut, but instead of a nut, it sounded like a piece of wood being snapped across metal. "he-hello? anypony their?" she asked, hoping for her sister or brother to reply, nothing. "this was a bad idea..." she thought and turned around, what she saw made her stop like she had seen one of the princess in her backyard, about a stone's throw away from her was a tall, grey creature, it's bat like ear's pointing upwards, it's large eye's locked with Applebloom's, the creature had a short snout with a circular mouth filled with small teeth, "mo-mo-mo-mo" she stuttered, "monster..." she said before fainting.

Author's Note:

well, hope you liked the first chapter!

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