Heirs - Hide and Go Sekai

by FlaxSeedbp

Ch 1

HEIRS – HIDE AND GO SEKAI

Applejack finished bucking yet another tree, and sighed, watching the farm. It was not the same. Unlike years ago, the apples fragrance is now mixed with oil smell, and the chirp of the eventual bird was replaced with mechanical noises. Here and there, the natural air was tainted with the faint smell of ozone and the fur of all live things raised a bit, signaling the presence of unicorn magic. Sure, things are better. The farm has no longer bits problems, she was producing enough cider to supply Ponyville and even sell to fancy pubs around the country, everypony was happy, but still…
But still, she haven’t seen those two all morning. What could they be up to? She then started to search the farm for the two rogue ponies

“Congratulations, daughter of mine, you got the movement right. Now, just practice to perform faster. Eventually, you…”

“Flim! Sekai-Ichi! What are you doing?”

“Oh, my, oh my.” The slim unicorn though about hiding the incriminating evidence, but Applejack was already near them. And, worse, the filly was already talking.

“Pa is teaching me a funny game, ma.”

Applejack looked at the earth filly. Yellow body, so pale some mistake for white at first glance, contrasting with the bright red and orange streaks on her mane and tail. The green eyes, like her own, but even at this early age Applejack could see they sparkle for the wrong reasons and subjects. She then looked at the stallion near her kid and raised an eyebrow.
“Is he really?”

“Want to see it?”

“She doesn’t!” said Flim, a bit too fast. “Go play elsewhere, Sekai.”

“Oh, but ah do.”

“Really, Applejack, it’s just a foal gam…”

Beaming with pride, Sekai-Ichi was already at it, spreading three pieces of cardboard on the floor. One of the papers had a figure of a beautifull alicorn. In other words...
“Right, ma, I have two black cards and a red princess card. Now, try to find the princess…”

Applejack needed all her strenght to keep smiling.
“That’s nice, sugar cube, why don’t you go inside and start washin’ the vegetables for lunch? I will be there lickety-split.”

“I will help you, daughter of mine.”

“Y’all stay right there, mister!”

As soon as the filly was out of reach, Flim tried to avoid the coming storm.
“Technically… objectively, love, as long as no bit change hooves, it’s a harmless…”

“Ah will rip that horn of ya and shove where Celestia… How could ya?! We talked about this.”

“Yes, but… you didn’t complain about the three-card trick that other time, remember?”

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Roseluck finished putting the daisies on her flower stand and went to the next species: a dark blue rose the seller calls Mirror of Luna. Nibbling on a petal she decided they tasted as good as they look, and proceed to finish the setting. With a satisfied sigh, she looked at the sky. Celestia was going to bless Ponyville with a good day; it was a pity so few ponies were around that early in the morning, enjoying the dawn. Then Roseluck saw something very unusual. Could it be fireworks? Why would anypony launch a firework at such hour? Leaving the flower cart behind, she decided to investigate.
It seemed to come from the outskirts of town. An empty field, with sparse grass and some weeds here and there; since nopony lived there, it was one of those areas the weather team skips when bits get tight; and, despite being a public company, bits seemed to get tight very often. Not the place, not the hour to lauch fireworks. At distance, she saw what looked like a big cart. Maybe a travelling circus, announcing its arrival too early? Getting close, she realized it was a destroyed vehicle and
“The horror! The horror!”

Near the cart, a mare and a stallion who obviously took a beat lied, and a second stallion was barely conscientious.
“Help us.”

But Roseluck already had fainted
“Oh, this is great. Fantastic. Wonderf-.” And the world also became black to him.

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The first thing that returned was the hearing. He knew there were ponies talking around him, but he could not understand the words, at first. A fraction of second after that, he started to recognize the smells. Cleaning products, medicines. Next, his muscles told him he was on a soft surface. A bit warm, too. Finally he opened his eyes on a flash and tried to stand.
“Where’s my brother?”

“Flim. You’re awake.”
Around him, some unknown ponies. A medic, he supposed, and the little pony that fainted instead of rescuing him. Here and there, the words started to make sense. Lily Valley saw her at distance and found the group. Injuries. Several splinters on him. Blood loss. He then looked through the window.

“What time is it?!”

“Almost ten, you were out for less than four hours…” This was not an unusual question, the doctor though, but hardly it come so early from recovering patients. Flim was already throwing the sheets away and trying to move.

“My brother. Trixie. We have less than a day to avert a disaster. We…” The dizziness made him wobble.

“Easy, stallion. Your brother and Trixie are still out. You need to rest…”

“No time. What city is this? Is it Ponyville? Did we make it?”

"Yes, you are at the Ponyville Hospital. Just lie on the bed, please”

“Applejack. Doctor, get Applejack. It’s an emergency. A cataclysm. An unusual and dangerous situation that calls for immediate action!”

Some minutes later, the orange pony was at his bedside, together with Twilight Sparkle. Before Flim could open his mouth, Applejack started to talk:
“Mah folks raised me good enough to answer any call for help, ah have my duties as Princess of Friendship’s companion and, shoot, Granny Smith strangely started to fancy you conponies after Applecon. If ah could, ah would forget all this and stay at the farm. But since ah can’t… how can... ah can't believe ah will say that... how can ah help ya, Flim?"

“Believe me, Applejack, if I fathom all the bits you cost me and my brother, the last thing I would want was to get close to you. Nevertheless, by this time, tomorrow, your farm will be no more; add twelve hours more, and Ponyville will be crumbles. A couple more days, and I fear not even the Sisters could stop the destruction of the rest of the Equestria.”

Even pressed with the urgency, Flim could't help but enjoy the faces of everypony on that room on him. "Seems that I have your attention... so, can we start to act to avoid this?"

Author's Note:

English is not my first language, and obviously it shows. So, comments are more than welcome. Thanks for reading so far.

Oh, and Applejack's offspring name? Sekai-Ichi translates roughly as "Best in the world" and is the most expensive of the apple cultivars - more than US$ 21 per apple. Flim finds the name fitting.

Comments

[hannah1]

That was really awesome, beautifuly writen. I was shocked at the end when you said english isn't your first language. This story is so interesting I can't wait to read more.
-hannah1

[FlaxSeedbp]

6276572

Thanks a lot for the kind words!