It's not everyday you meet the perfect mare, Whiplash, a cowpony from Dodge Junction has competed in the Equrestia Rodeo in Canterlot. There he faced stallions, bulls, and even clowns...ugh. But there he faced the mare of his dreams, a hard working, southern talking, all beautiful orange earth pony mare. Whiplash is skilled in only one respect, he is extremely lethal and dangerous when it comes to his bull whip. But why is he smiling every time, even in defeat? And why does he always carry such a dangerous whip?

Cover art belongs to Reikomuffin on Deviantart.com

This story is based on the Aviators hit song Applebuckin'. A new colt comes into town, a little confrontation at first. AJ takes the colt in and cleans him up and invites him for a job on the farm. He accepts, but only for work, or so he plans. As the summer progresses, AJ and this colt find there's more than just the summer sun giving off heat. Will these two lovers admit to each other how they feel or will both stubborn ponies break before they even begin?

(Link for the song.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EeLY4KB838s

Applejack awakens on a strange island full of strange creatures. With the help from her new friends her journey home will be long and dangerous.

Will Applejack make it home or will she end up like the rest of the people trapped on the island?

There's a new stallion in town. A new stallion who won't stop staring at Applejack's rear.

She has some opinions about that.

Sex jokes abound, but no actual sex.

Now with a Spanish translation: https://www.deviantart.com/spaniard-kiwi/art/El-culo-de-Applejack-923171828

Description: What was supposed to be a simple trip to Ponyville instead leads Soarin on an adventure that will determine the future of all Equestria. Will he be able to save Applejack and her friends from a fate worse than death?

Picture by Opal Whisper. You can check out their page at: http://opalwhisker.deviantart.com/

Note: the fic is complete, I'm just oploading it here over the next week or so.

The last thing Applejack remembers, she was going out to tend to the south fields one day. She had just left the house and then... a blur. She found herself someplace else entirely. Loud, spattering noises surrounded her. Strange people were trying to hurt her. Her very body was twisted and wrong.

When she awakes from what should have been a nightmare, she discovers it was all too real. She's been trapped in another world, in a body that she can't even recognize, let alone control. To make matters worse, her natural Earth Pony magic is reacting to her new environment in strange and disquieting ways, intensifying to truly dangerous levels causing her to break nearly everything and everyone she touches.

Thankfully she's been offered help. A group of remarkable people is offering to take her in... assuming she can aid them in return. There's a man in a suit of armor. Another who carries a shield. One who carries a hammer. One a bow and arrow. One is a woman who lies just a little too much for Applejack's taste. And one of them is very, very angry.

Applejack will have to come to not only understand her new body and abilities, but also come to try and understand the meaning and value of honesty itself as she's put to the test in ways she's never anticipated. In this world of endless conflict and threats beyond any she could have ever imagined, does Applejack even stand a chance of finding her way back home?

Teen rating for mild blood, some death, and occasional mild nudity and lewd jokes.
Character and genre tags may be altered as necessary as the story progresses.

Applejack gets bored at the Gala while she's watching her sister and friends. But, that's about to change when she goes to stop her sister from messing with a stallion. She didn't expect to hit it off so well with him though.

Applejack is suddenly hit hard with depression and can't snap out of it. Will she be able to uncover the truth as to why she feels this way? Will her friends be able to cheer her up again?

"Tirek tricked me into believing that he could offer me something more valuable than friendship. But there is nothing worth more. I see that now. He lied when he said that this medallion was given as a sign of gratitude and loyalty. But when I say that it is a sign of our true friendship, I am telling the truth."

The minute Ah heard those words, somethin' budded deep in my heart. Ah knew then that he was speakin' the truth, the entire truth, and he was talkin' from deep in his heart. Ah had always thought of Discord as a nuisance; a draconequus who was just bidin' his time by playin' along with this friendship gig, then strikin' when we let our guard down. But when he said those sentences, even though they weren't directed at me, they took root, down at the bottom o' my heart. O' course, Ah didn't know it then, but that was love Ah was feelin'.

Honest, crazy love.

Featured August 17-19th! A dream come true! I owe it all to all of you wonderful people! I honestly don't deserve this. Celestia bless you all!

((Believe it or not, I actually regret making this years later, but I'm leaving it up for posterity's sake than anything. I hope you enjoy it even though I have no idea why you should))

I am a soldier. There's just no other way to describe me. Since the day of my birth, I've been thrust into the life of a killer on the battlefield. And unfortunately for me, I'm good at what I do. I don't even know what we're fighting about anymore. I want to just give up. I want to die. But the day I finally see peace in the shape of an orange pony is the day I question myself in ways I didn't think possible.

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A different take on the "Soldier in Equestria" genre. I may or may not write an Epilogue for this someday.

Inspired heavily by "The youth in the garden" written by The Descendant.

Teen for minor gore

Image from the internet