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Applejack has never hid the fact that Apple Bloom is adopted - she was born after Applejack's parents died, after all. But she won't tell her who her parents are until she's older. Apple Bloom, of course, can't wait that long, and with the help of her fellow Crusaders, she's determined to find out the truth!

Chapters (10)
Comments ( 52 )
#1 · Dec 5th, 2011 · · · Family ·

Dat ending... Good story though.

Very nice story.
I was most touched by Big Macintosh and Chalk story. So I guess, if you are asking, I'll like to see where that story goes.

Although "cousin Braeburn and my ma's an outlaw" did have me smiling.
Yer ma is an notorious outlaw The Sundance Mare. Wanted for 6 counts of train robberies, 12 counts of bank robberies, 23 counts of resisting arrest by marshals of the law and 7 counts of being disorderly in public on account of bar fights. We had hoped that raising you away from the rough and tumble of the frontier would be of good. But it seems you've inherited plenty from yer ma.

"What do you mean?" Apple Bloom cried.

"We heard you have been kicking and biting other ponies in school." Applejack said sadly.

This has some pretty serious potential. Don't have time to finish the rest of the chapters, so I'll come back later and do that!

This acualy makes sense...

I must know ze truths!

Oh man, this sounds interesting. I'd read it if I wasn't at school. I'll track it down for later though!

Dang... I'm loving it so far, ONWARD! :pinkiehappy:

It was all like D'awww... And then Sweetie Bell pauses... Crowning moment of funny right there :rainbowlaugh:

I really loved scootaloos story :eeyup:

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A lot of sense actually

and silly scootaloo:scootangel:

This was absolutely brilliant! I especially loved that you didn't reveal the "true" story.
It leaves something to be interpreted by the reader.
I know, for one, that I will have this in my head for quite a while.
Apple Bloom is my favorite pony after all!
Very well done, I can't wait for the next stories!

Dat Story! <3
can't wait to see more from you :twilightsmile:

wow that was awesome, I love Sweetie Belle's story.

If you're looking for parentage suggestions, well, there's always the AJ and Big Mac are actually Apple Blooms parents plot. You know, too young and scared to be real parents, so they raise her as their own sister instead?

ooh, Silver Spoon, you little such-and-such. :twilightangry2:

on to the next chapter!

52588 haha exactly!

Gonna have to take a break for now, but its great so far! can't wait to read more :pinkiehappy:

Amazing, simply cannot wait for more :twilightsmile:

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Actually I also like the idea of Big Mac and Applejack not being as closely related as we were lead to believe, and bringing both stories together into a happier ending for little Apple Bloom. That'd ruin the drama of it, though.

must.... know ..... more! :applecry:

Comment posted by meixi deleted May 22nd, 2013

Dat last sentence. Either the three of them are LIGHT-YEARS ahead of their peers in vocabulary, or ... something. (totally forgot what the something was :facehoof:)

:pinkiegasp: Such an imagination for a young filly!

And I could just see Sweetie Belle giving Applebloom a sort of :unsuresweetie: "oh come on, do I HAVE to spell it out?" face. Priceless!

Really glad you didn't make Apple Bloom AJ and Mac's kid, it's way over used. Also whats up with the post above mine?

Yeah,sliver spoon the sh**face.:trixieshiftright::trixieshiftright::trixieshiftright::trixieshiftright:

#25 · Jan 27th, 2012 · · · Foal ·

Oh fu-,I mean shi-what in hell's name happened?:rainbowderp::rainbowderp::rainbowderp::rainbowhuh:
Have a nice day my good sir.:moustache:

Amazing. Truly amazing. That's all I can say about your story.

Is that... was that Diamond Tiara being actually kind of friendly? Wow. Can't wait out to see where this goes!

Sweetie Belle's quite the storyteller, it seems. Very nice story, so far!

Consumption? But of course. Scootaloo does know her Gothic stories!

What? Oh. So that's just what Sweetie Belle thought happened? Ok.

Onwards!

This is an amazing story. I really liked how you combined the two possible scenarios with the stories. I would have to say that Sweetie Belle's story was my favorite of the two. I found Scoot's story a little too sad.

Awesome work all the same.

907957 Thank you, I'm glad you liked it! Writing Scootaloo's story was really hard too - I'd never written a character death before. Thanks for reading!

brace your self's for a shit storm is brewing

Okay, so the whole cousins thing was throwing me off until you explained it. Yeah, that is far enough away to be acceptable. Okay. It makes me like it a lot more too. Plus, he's on the Aunts side, and she's on the Uncles, right? :D But I really like this story and look forward to reading the rest of it right now. I can't wait to find out what actually is the truth, but this is awesome anyway.

I really didn't like Scoots story as much as I liked Sweeites. I mean, I liked it, don't get me wrong. Sweetie's story just felt...better? If one of those two are the 'real' story, I hope it was Sweetie's. Though if AJ or Big Mac are her mom or dad, then why not just say so, you know? That would be confusing, at least to me...I can sorta see why for Aj, since she was alone and so young and such, but everyone knew about Big Mac and Chalk so why would he hide it? Just my thoughts, I guess. I really liked this story though. If it wasn't already complete, I would track it for sure. I do hope you eventually make a 'true' story where AJ and Big Mac tell her what really happened, though I am going to go see the other stories you mentioned in you A/N. Anyway, please keep writing stories, you're good.

It would be funny if it wasn't really a.farming pony them it be city-e :moustache:

Amazing story! As much as I want to know what really happened, It will be interesting to see a continuation from both sides.

Well, that was anticlimactic...but I liked it. In fact I loved it. Some may give you hell for having Applejack hook up with her cousin, but I don't think it's that bad. In fact, given the characterization, it makes sense. After all, technically we're all cousins. If your definition of inbreeding is that broad, you'll have to go off-world to avoid it.

Also, here's a question: Why couldn't Mac and Chalk marry? Oh, she's already married? Well then, why couldn't she get a motherfucking divorce!? I'm sure some court in Ponyville will issue a divorce or annulment, even if all parties don't agree, on the basis of domestic violence. In Canada I know they'd do the same in cases of adultery, in fact they fast-track divorces in those cases.

1407022 I actually didn't think of Ponyville's Mayor issuing a divorce, silly me. Cliffside has the problem of a corrupt Mayor who takes bribes from Hoof Cliff, which is why Chalkwasn't able to get a divorce without leaving home, but you're right, Mayor Mare probably could have made it happen. Of course, Big Macintosh is really the only pony who cared about Chalk's legal status, out of a sense of duty to his father's upbringing. Even Applejack didn't care that Chalk was married (possibly because she'd just gotten home from a wild love affair with a Manehattan banker).

Thank you for reading! I'm glad you enjoyed it! I do hope to get the sequels up and running soon.

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Wait. Are you saying both events happened, but only one resulted in Apple Bloom?

:pinkiegasp: This! I've read this story before. I can't remember where, but it's here . And you wrote it. Insta-watch!:heart:

90507 Cool story, bro. Tell it again.

I dont know if its possible to love a fic so much. ♥

Damn you you ass argggggggg I wants to know soooo bad argggggggg man... Humph... Fine fine it was good I liked it but I'm still a little bummed that I didn't get a direct awnser oh and could you put the links I the authors note if its up yet also sorry if I flipped a little to hard I just really wanted to know you know.

OH COME ON! LEAVING US TO HANG LIKE THAT! (... good story though... )
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Waaaaiiiit...

Apple Bloom almost managed a smile at that. “Yeah, but they died two years before I was born. Applejack told me, she wouldn’t lie to me.”

and you were referring to Apple Blooms parents... Both of them... So they both died, got revived, had you know what, gave birth to Apple Bloom and died again? And nopony questioned the fact that undead ponies gave birth? °o° Holy crud. There be some major screwiness. Or I just read it wrong.

Third time reading through this story, and I only just noticed the fan art at the end. That's adorably sweet!

I'm reminded yet again why I've recommended this story to others more times than I can recall over the years. Never mind the borrowed story elements from Austen and Bronte, you've created a story here that's wonderful and unique.
Now to revisit your other tales, and see what other good stories I can rediscover.

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No it implies that they had different parents.

Sweetie Belle crept to Apple Bloom’s side, tugging at her tail. “Apple Bloom, we really don’t need to do this,” she whispered desperately, but Apple Bloom ignored her, focusing resolutely on Silver Spoon. Meanwhile, Diamond Tiara had risen from her chair and was addressing Silver Spoon. “You should take that back now, that’s too far...”

I like this take that Diamond is the one saying that Silver Spoon has gone too far.

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