Yona led Flurry Heart down the path to Sweet Apple Acres just beyond Ponyville. Behind them were Storm Streak, Pound Cake, Pumpkin Cake, and Spike. Flurry was finally going to meet Applejack’s family as a part of her goal to befriend more ponies and form a small group of friends like Twilight once did.
Stormy flew above as everyone continued to walk. He couldn’t stop asking Flurry all sorts of questions about her time with Tirek yesterday.
“So did Tirek turn into a giant centaur and terrorize the entire animal sanctuary?” he blabbered on.
“Hehe, not quite, Stormy,” Flurry said, smiling sarcastically.
“I’ll bet he got so big he caused earthquakes everywhere he stepped! Maybe he even shot a big laser beam at the ground and made a ditch so deep that it became another Ghastly Gorge!”
“I’m pretty certain everyone in Ponyville would have known if that actually happened, Stormy,” Pound said as Pumpkin couldn’t help but giggle through her teeth.
“Yeah I know, but it woulda been so cool! Yona and the other teachers could have come in with the Elements and BOOOOOOM! Turn him right into stone!”
“Tirek’s got some other problems he needs working out, Storm,” Spike said to the energetic little pegasus.
“Yeah, he’s not too happy with his family and he needs some time to think it out,” Flurry added.
“Aw, he actually sounds like quite a softy deep down, Flurry,” Pumpkin said.
“Maybe he is. We’ll see. For right now, I’m happy I can finally meet the Apple twins here!”
“Apple Chip and Annie Smith really good kids, Flurry,” Yona told her. “We getting close to
Sweet Apple Acres so get ready.”
With a smile on her face, Flurry looked ahead and saw Applejack and her husband Tex waiting by the entrance to their house. Tex was the son of Applejack’s father’s old friend Burnt Oak. He was an earth pony just like her and had the same build as her brother Big Macintosh. He had a green coat with maroon hair and wore a blue bandana with white spots and a Stetson hat. His cutie mark was a cactus in the desert with the sun shining behind it. He didn’t speak with a southern accent like Applejack, but his voice was deep and masculine. Applejack had also taken to wearing a red bandana and had one side of her hair done in a woven pigtail. They walked on a bit further, but Stormy couldn’t help himself and flew ahead to let them both know they had come.
“Applejack, Tex, we’re here!” he told them as he circled around once and then flew back to the others.
“Howdy there, Storm Streak!” Applejack said, waving to him. “C’mon, Tex! Let’s go say hi!”
“Chip, Annie, Princess Flurry Heart’s here!” Tex called up to a window in their house.
“Hey, Applejack!” Flurry said.
“Heeeey, Flurry! It’s been a while, kid!” Applejack replied, giving her a hug.
“It’s great to see you guys again! You too, Tex!”
“Flurry, I can’t believe how tall you’re getting! The last time I saw you, I could’ve sworn you were about one or two inches shorter!”
“Yeah, feels like it’s been forever. I never got a chance to see Sweet Apple Acres or meet your kids.”
“Doncha’ worry your horseshoes, Flurr, cuz we got em here today!” Applejack added as she and Tex moved aside to allow their kids to walk in.
The front door to their house opened and a yellow colt with green hair and reddish eyes rushed out. He didn’t speak with the same southern accent that his mother had, but he had inherited her freckles. His cutie mark was a bright red apple. This was their son Apple Chip.
“Hey there!” he said, walking up to Flurry. “It’s great to finally see you, Flurry Heart! I’m Apple Chip but you can just call me Chip for short.”
“It’s great to see you, Chip,” Flurry said, shaking his hoof. “Is your sister around?”
“Annie? You back there? Come say hi to Flurry,” Tex said, looking back.
Behind him was a small filly that looked a bit scared. She had the same color coat as her brother, but her hair was red and her eyes were green. Her mane was done up in two pigtails wrapped in blue bows and a third bow wrapped at the end of her tail. She had freckles on her cheeks and her cutie mark was exactly like his only it was a green apple. Like Chip, she also didn’t speak with a southern accent. She looked out from behind her father and then slowly walked forward and began to smile.
“It’s…good to see you, Flurry,” she said, bashfully. “I’m Annie Smith. You can call me Annie.”
“We’re the Apple Twins!” Chip said, walking next to his sister and putting his arm around her.
“Happy to meet you two,” Flurry replied, merrily. “I’ve been having a great time in Ponyville and I’m glad I could finally come to Sweet Apple Acres.”
“Thanks for bringin’ her here, Yona,” Applejack said to Yona as she let Flurry get acquainted with her kids. “I know Twilight’s really been itchin’ to let her niece get some friendship lessons learnt. I told her right from the start that it’d be a great idea. Reminds me of the time Twilight first came to our farm over ten years ago, ‘cept we ain’t stuffin Flurry full of apple treats this time. Hehe!”
“Happy to help, Applejack!” Yona replied, cheerfully. “When yak hear about Flurry, yak knew it good idea. Flurry do really good when we figure out how to stop Red Beast!”
“So that guy really was a changeling, eh?”
“Yep. Bad changelings still out there.”
“We’ll keep our eyes peeled.”
“Well, Yona need to get back home now. Spike, take care of Flurry and friends.”
“Wish me luck! I’m gonna be with six kids this time!” Spike said, saluting.
“Bye Yona! Thanks for recommending the Apple Family for me!” Flurry told her yak friend.
“BYE YONA!” they all said, waving.
“Well hey, Chip, Annie, your mother and I are gonna go inside and get some lunch around. Why don’t you two show Flurry around the farm,” Tex said to his kids.
“Great idea, Dad!” Chip replied, cheerfully. “Come on, Flurry!”
Flurry followed Chip and Annie with Spike and the others close behind as Chip began to tell her about their land. Spike gave a big thumb up to Applejack and Tex as they winked back at him.
“Feels great to finally have Flurry here,” said Tex. “The kids are all gonna be great friends to her.”
“Ya think Annie’s gonna be ok?” Applejack asked, concerned. “She seemed a little moody back there at first.”
“Yeah, she’s still coping but I think she’ll be fine. Having everyone over like this should get her mind off of Granny.”
“Yer right. They’re gonna be great friends.”
Flurry's group of new friends is growin'. Now we've got Jackie's kids. =)
Even if it was just for a little bit, it was nice to see Yona cameo in this as well. Always happy to see Best Yak.
Still sad to think that this takes place not long after Granny passed away. Annie must've been close with her, especially since she was named after her. Poor little darling.
Good intro on this new story Alex, also nice to have Yona make a small cameo as well (hope you do the same for the rest of the Young Six since Gallus had his own cameo on Stormy's story)
Looking forward to see where it goes!
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Don't forget Silverstream was also in "Cheesy as Pie" too!
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Yeah, it's definitely been rough for Annie. She and Chip were both close to her. It might seem like she's the only one hurt by her passing, but Chip will show it eventually too.
Yeah about that Spike.... 😥
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Oh yeah, missed that one!
Just like old times spike 😊
So it looks like flurry heart is finally going to meet with the Apple twins but she's not alone this time she has her friends here with her so they finally made it to the Sweet Apple Acres and Applejack and her husband tex greeted them and it looks like the Apple twins chip and Annie are pretty excited to meet flurry heart but it looks like something is bugging Annie and I think I know why and that's going to be a very tough situation especially the passing of Granny Smith 😔 well can't wait to see how this will work out
Great job with the new chapter! Annie and Granny, hm...? I sense a plot coming on...
was a bit short but glad you started hope to see some more Tex and Applejack
any thoughts on Tex's mother and if she will appear
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I haven't thought up a design for her just yet. I'll be sure to later though since Tex's dad has already been shown since it's Burnt Oak, but he would look a bit older now.
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ok but what about a name there are a few from the old G1 cartoon that you could use
I know what it is like to lose family members you love. I hope Annie’s friends will be able to help her through this tough time.
Wish Burn Oak in the show had a son name Tex to marry Applejack. This feels right what MLP should had been
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It would have been cool to get Tex and all the other "Big Brother" ponies to be in G4 unless perhaps Hasbro lost the trademarks to their names.
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Oh they don’t own all the names? I would think they would have own them
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Hmm that's too bad that would have been a cool idea Plus what about those old villains from the previous My Little Pony
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It's not that they don't own them, it's that they lost the trademark to them.
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I don't know if their names have lost their trademark too, but they did use Smooze, Grogar, Tirek and Scorpan.
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Really? I wonder how that happen
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I think it happens when you stop using the trademarked name for the character. After a few years of not using it, it runs out and either goes into the public domain or someone else can claim it, but I wouldn't trust me with this information and talk to an expert instead.
Sorry i took a while getting around to reading this. I didn't even know the story had started until just now. Anyway, really good job on the exchanges, characterizations and future chapter set-up here. Yeah, I can understand why Spike can be half-right and half-wrong about Tirek's whereabouts (right about his family issues, wrong about what happened to him [which is fair; none of them had a chance to see what really happened to him]). But, yeah, checking up on the Apple Twin's so soon after Granny Smith's death is definitely appropriately emotional.
Anyway, on to the next chapter.
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so it will be like she thinks she the only one hurt but learns the others are to and thus all come together to help move past
Oh boy! I think I'm going to need to be ready for the dreaded onion ninjas on this one.
*gets a box of tissues*
Okay, I think I'm ready!
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Good luck.