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The Red Parade


Cars are still parked outside. If the rapture had happened, why was it unrecognizable? Why was the sky blue? Why did no one tell me? Do these things not announce themselves?

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Applejack experiences one of the most uncomfortable meals of her life. And it's not because Big Mac is putting salt on his pancakes, surprisingly.


This is an entry for the Thousand Words Contest. Stop laughing. This is serious.

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glub glub

A whirlwind of apple family chaos. Seems normal to me, just like another other famlily.

Nothing too weird about this. On International Breakfast Day it is a long-standing tradition in Britain to have breakfast for lunch.

What do Apples and Sulfuric acid have in common?
…Uhhh…In this case, they can both be used to ruin one's conversation, except one is used by being poured to one's face, and the other is used as an excuse to throw words to one's face.

Also, she's right about breakfast being stupid, we never had a decent one back during school days in 6 am.

And in conclusion, there's only one thing I can say about this story, you know, it's like Vietnam…
Glub glub…Glub glub glub.
And that's all I can say about this story.
See you at dinner.

I'm with Apple Bloom. Glub glub.

“I do!” Apple Bloom said. “I’m adopted!”

...:facehoof:. Glub glub indeed.

...glub glub?:rainbowhuh:

Absolutely hilarious

Fine... but that last line sounds like a last retort to hit exactly 1,000 words.

"Anything else?"

"Yes, can someone pass the pate de foie gras?

"Glub glub."

Wellokaythen. That was something.

This was fun and wacky. Nice job!

Applejack loved family dinners, because it was great to kick back and unwind with her loved ones after a hard day’s work. Applejack hated family breakfasts because they were always too early, and if she was going to be up that early she might as well do something productive like chores.

so true very Applejack

Besides, the last time they sat down to have a family breakfast, Apple Bloom flipped the table over because they had run out of milk and Big Mac used the last of their mustard for his cereal. Cousin Apple Split hadn’t eaten breakfast since that day, clearly still traumatized from watching Granny Smith throw Apple Bloom out of the kitchen window like she was a newborn calf.

i mean, there were two traumatizing events here. mustard for cereal???

Breakfast foods, but at dinnertime. It felt like heresy, like something Flim and Flam would try and sell them.

hehe love that this is the comparison Applejack reaches for

Around the table, cousin Apple Fritter looked extremely uncomfortable, cousin Apple Bumpkin was clearly playing hoofsies with her pegasus lover under the table, Big Mac was putting another pancake on his plate, and Apple Bloom was apparently trying to drown herself with a glass of milk.

yay, Apple Fritter is in this!

Applejack perked up higher. “Oh! What’s she grow?”

“Uh. Strawberries.”

A silence fell upon the dinner table, warm and thick and soupy like a tall glass of milk.

ahahahaha! i mean, love the ship, but on top of that it was used very well here 

“FUCK!” Applejack stood up and tried to flip the table over, but Granny Smith had bolted it down three years ago so Applejack instead looked like an idiot.

love the table-flipping continuity

Apple Bumpkin tilted her head. “I got removed again? Nice.”

ppft. also, what a family!

“That’s me!” said Surprise.

Granny Smith squinted at her. “I thought you were Surprise.”

“I’m also a bit bland.”

third base!

“Glub glub.”

“Apple Bloom, stop that!”

i think she should keep doing it

“She’s not your archnemesis,” Apple Fritter said. “She actually prefers to make structures out of triangles instead. She says arches are the work of the devil and she’d never indulge in the creation of one.”

that does totally sound like something Strawberry Sunrise would say. she’s such a weirdo i love her

“I do!” Apple Bloom said. “I’m adopted!”

well that was a delightful madcap, and i’m very glad Apple Fritter and Strawberry Sunrise were both in it. poor Applejack, who is apparently the only sane mare in her extended family, not knowing what sulfuric acid is and anger issues notwithstanding. thank you for writing!

Mackie was a sorry lad.
Now he’s sorry no more
For what he thought was H2O
Was H2SO4.

Big Mac used the last of their mustard for his cereal.

I’m not sorry for him any more. More sulfuric acid.

“Aw, shut up Bumpkin, this is why you’re thrice removed!” Applejack spat.
Apple Bumpkin tilted her head. “I got removed again? Nice.”

This isn’t how genealogy works, but anyone who tried to tell that to the Apples got defenestrated.

This was the best kind of random. Just cohesive enough that the unexpected swerves had maximum impact without devolving into incoherent gibberish. Wonderful work; it got multiple genuine laughs out of me, to say nothing of the judge prize. Thank you for it.

Comment posted by felicitea deleted Oct 27th, 2023

"glub glub" so true applebloom

Hello! I read all the stories from this contest that won recognition, so have a review. This is silly, it's bizarre, it's occasionally foul-mouthed, but most of all it's funny. I wasn't a huge fan of the last line, but easily enough here for a like.

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