• Published 4th Dec 2013
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Appledashery - Just Essay



Rainbow Dash lives an exciting life and is swiftly becoming the most daring, awesome pegasus in all of Equestria. She would gladly give it all up, though, just to confess her love to Applejack.

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The Letter to End All Letters, Two

Thwack!

Applejack bucked a tree hard, causing its many apples to cascade into a series of baskets below.

The mare was a panting, sweating mess. However, with poetic grace, her strong muscles swam through the heat and labor of the day, shoving the basket towards another tree and positioning it under the thickest bounty of fruit.

Before continuing, Applejack paused. Her mane had come loose from its ponytail. So, with sudden feminine grace, she reached her sweaty hooves back and plucked the red tie loose. Holding the scarlet band in her muzzle, she twirled the golden strands together, then threaded them through the tie, restoring her ponytail to beautiful normality.

Then, completely oblivious to any ruby-eyed gaze above, she marched her way towards the next tree, swiveled with a grunt, and kicked it.


For over a year now, I've been horribly, terribly, awesomely in love with somepony. It's somepony I know very closely, a pony I see almost every day. It's a pony who takes all the craziness in the world and somehow gets it to make sense, because that pony is like an anchor to it all... an anchor to me.

I know what you're probably thinking: "Who's the lucky stallion?" Well, it's not quite so simple, and this is where I hope you don't get too freaked out, but if you do... then I guess you really can't be blamed. I'm not as honest as you. In many ways, I've been living a lie... a "lie of omission" as Rarity or Twilight might call it. Please understand that it's not because I've wanted to deceive you and the other girls. Heck, for all I know, it's probably a total see-through thing and everypony knows the obvious truth without saying it to my face. But... the only reason I've kept mum about it all this time is because I care for each and every one of you guys—my friends, I mean, and the last thing I've ever wanted to do was make you feel creeped out or awkward... though I guess there's no real need to. Whatever.

Anyways, long story short, I've never digged stallions. I never have. They just don't... do it for me. I mean, I've tried to figure out what other mares see in ponies of the opposite sex, but it... really hurts my brain... and... uhm... other parts. Ugh... it's stupid trying to explain it like it's some friggin' math problem. Basically, I just can't like stallions. It doesn't compute with me. They're just so... bone headed and egotistical and boring. That's it. Super, super boring. Not like mares. Every gal I've ever known has had—like—onion layers of interesting stuff to them. In personalities... in charisma... in life goals... in curves. Holy smokes, the curves. I mean, not like there's nothing to dig about stallions, I guess. I just don't get it, and I won't ever bother to get it. Not like most mares. In fact, the only stallion I ever truly loved was my dad. But... but I won't be getting into that. At least not right away.

Jeez, I know this must seem like a lot of stupid rambling. But please trust me, okay? I'm... I'm going somewhere with this, AJ. I promise you.

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