//------------------------------// // Chapter 8: Entering into the Minefield // Story: A Long Broken World // by Raikiry //------------------------------// Chapter 8: Entering Into the Minefield Written by: Raikiry The walk to Sweet Apple Acres was a little bit long on Blitz, being that he was heading towards the Apple family farm so he can go to start his first day on the job. While he was at his house, he washed up and ate breakfast. As he went towards his new work place, he was thinking how it’s going to turn out, being that Applejack was going to be there. “Wonder if I will get jumped by Applejack again.” Blitz laugh to his little humor joke. As he arrived at the sign of ‘Welcome to Sweet Apple Acres’, he noticed somepony beside the welcome sign. He kept on getting closer to see who it was, and then notice it was Applejack. She notice Blitz walking towards her and the first thing she did when she saw his face was give an annoyed look towards him. Applejack and Red Blitz were face to face in the middle of the road that leads to Sweet Apple Acres and silence was filled in the area, until Applejack broke the silence. “Big Mac explained about you working at the farm. At first I wasn’t too happy about it, but we do need a helping hoof on the farm,” Apple Jack said. Then she got a little closer to him with a deadly stare. “Also, when we get there, I don’t want you talking to me or getting close towards me. I won’t forgive you about what you did.” She said giving him a push away from her. “……” No words were said from Blitz and knew the commands she demanded. He stared at the ground and wasn’t making eye contact. “At least were at a good start,” she said while taking the lead to Sweet Apple Acres. The walk towards Sweet Apple Acres was quiet. No conversation or eye contact was made. He didn’t want to break the demands that she made, but in Blitz’s heart, he was relieved that he could see that Applejack doing fine. As they arrive at the farm, Applejack turns around to face Blitz. He looks at her and was waiting for the first order he need to do to start working. She points a hoof to the right, and by the first glance, he notice a stack of hay piled up on the other side. “See those stack of hay over there?” Blitz nodded and looks back at Applejack. “I want you to pull each of them and put them behind the house,” she said, leaving the area and going to buck some trees. Blitz walks towards the stack and started pulling one of the stack and putting it on his back. He knew how strong he was, so he knew this work won’t be that difficult for him. As he pulls and pulls, and was getting close to behind the house. He releases one the stacks he was pulling and notice he’s behind the house. So he pushes one the stack that he released close to the wall and releases the stack from his back. To his realization, he remembered the good times when he used to hang out over the farm when he was a teen. He also remembered when Applejack and Big Mac pranked him when he fell asleep on the job. He smiles and turns around to get back to work, but he notice a young filly standing in front of him. To his shock, it was Apple Bloom. He couldn’t forget that big red bow that was tied in her mane and her cute adorable face. She was smiling and tearing up in front of him. He was wondering if those tears was sadness or happiness. The atmosphere changed like time stopped and everything was in deep silence until Apple Bloom spoke. “So you came back,” she said. “I…guess I did,” Blitz responded to her. “Can I ask you a question, Red?” Apple Bloom asked. “Um…Sure.” He looks at the filly and waited for the question. “Why didn’t you stay dead?” Those words that came out of Apple Bloom’s mouth struck Blitz’s heart like a royal spear. She drops her head and grabbed the metal bucket that was next to him and left him in shock because of the question she just asked. Blitz was silent, and no words came out of his mouth. He was frozen in place and was still synching those words in. He finally moves and was heading towards the stack of hay that was left. His eyes shows nothing but a dark shade. No emotion was shown what-so-ever. Then after hours and hours pass, Blitz finished his work without saying a word. Blitz saw the sun going down, so he decided before leaving the area that it was better to see the sun going down. He remembers a hill close to the Apple’s house. He use to go there to relax on the little hill. He walks towards the direction to the hill and sees it. He climbs up the little hill and remembered why this was his favorite spot. He could see all of Ponyville from were he was sitting. He closed his eyes and those words was still in his head. ‘Why didn’t you stay dead?’ He open his eyes and decided to forget what just happen, knowing best that he didn’t want to make it worst how it was. He realize he didn’t cry when it happen and remembered that he ran out of tears to cry. He see’s the sun going down and decided to forget all about what just happen and see the beautiful nature take place to set nightfall. Applejack got out of the farm and was drying out her coat of the sweat she work up. She heard wings flapping above her and hear it descending from the air. She looks up and saw her best friend Rainbow Dash. She descend from the air and landed in front of Applejack. “Howdy Rainbow.” She smiles and tip her hat to greet her rainbow friend. “Hey AJ. How are you doing?” Rainbow asked. “Well, great… and not so great. See, Big Mac hired Bolt for him to work here at Sweet Apple Acres and I wasn’t so happy about it. But realizing that we needed a helping hoof, we didn’t had any other choice,” she said. That name that Applejack mention made Rainbow flinch and change her mood from calm to slight of anger. She looks around the area to see if she could find Blitz. “So where is that no good for life Pegasus,” Rainbow said with an angry tone in her voice. “Heck if I should know. All I know was that I told him to not talk to me and push some hay to the back of my house” “Hm. Look, I came here to tell you we need to apologize to Pinkie and Twilight for our little action from the party. And I really don’t want to lose my two best friends,” Rainbow said. “Yeah, you’re right about that sugarcube…how about this. There’s a little karaoke at the middle of Ponyville that just open up. How about inviting them there and we could work things out. You know, a gals night out,” Applejack said while Rainbow got happy from her idea. “That’s a great idea! I’ll tell them. Meet me over there when you’re finish,” Rainbow said while getting ready to take flight. “Gotcha” Applejack replied. At the corner of her eye, Applejack sees Blitz leaving the area. “Well speak of Discord,” Applejack gives a signal to look at her direction for Rainbow to look, and she sees Blitz. “Hm…” was all that Rainbow said and decided to forget about him and got back to their plan to apologize. The two mares went their separate ways and got ready to their gals night out for tonight. Blitz walks alone on some road to Ponyville and decided not to go home yet, knowing there won’t be anyone waiting for him there. He enters the village and notice a familiar mare walking out of a music store. “Lyra!” Blitz scream at her getting her attention. She turns towards his direction and sees Blitz’s face. She was very happy to see him again. She gallops towards him and gave him a hug, forgetting everything that happen. Blitz was happy to see her and knowing that he has a friend in the village. “Hey, how are you Lyra,” Blitz said. “I am doing great. How about you? You look like you were playing with the mud.” Lyra giggles. He laughed at her remark and tries to clean himself up. “So um…I was kinda looking for you.” Blitz looks at her and sees a hint of blush in her face. “Really?” He asked. “Yeah. See, me and my friend are going to this karaoke, and I mention you then. She said why not invite you to hang with us,” she said with a warm smile. “Really? I’m not intruding, am I?” Blitz asked. “No, no, no, no, no. Of course not. She doesn’t mind. And I was kinda hoping if you would say yes to my offer.” She grew a smile. Blitz thinks for a moment about the offer. He thought for bit, and it has been awhile since anypony invited him to hang out. With all that’s happen to him, he wanted to relax a bit. But like his father use to say to him when he was a little colt, it better to be with friends than being alone. He looks at Lyra and decided on her offer. “Sure I’ll come.” He smiles. “Really?!!… I mean *Cough*…That’s cool,” she said, grabbing Blitz and pulling him to the karaoke “Apparently, it’s almost at Ponyville and it at the end of the west entrance of the village. So come on. My friend isn’t patient,” she said while pulling him to get started to walk. Lyra and Blitz were walking at the direction where Lyra’s friend was at, and it was quite a walk towards their destination. “So I heard about what happen at your welcome party and your background story,” Lyra said. “It’s alright. Besides, I deserve it anyways. Who leaves Ponyville when somepony who cares about you like a brother and not saying word…” Bolt said. “Besides no one cares about me anyways.” Lyra pause in her tracks and looks at Blitz. He turns around and looks at Lyra “No,” she whispers. “Sorry?” Blitz said while confuse on what she said. “I said no. You didn’t deserve that. And also, if she really cared, why the buck would she beat up on you. If I was her, I wouldn’t do that. I would be happy that you’re okay and not hurt!” She screams at Blitz, getting him surprised on those words she just said. Blitz looks away and just realize that when he came back to this place, he never had anypony care about him since he moved in. He looks back at her and shows a warm smile at her, and maybe he won’t have to face his problems alone. “Heh. Thanks Lyra. To be honest, I never had a pony care about me when I came back. So, thanks,” he said. Lyra blushes and shows a warm smile to him and went back walking with Bolt. Then realization struck her “OH NO!” “What? What happen?!” Blitz got spook cause of her loud voice. “My friend may leave if we don’t make it in time, and it’s already late…Ah Celestia, what now,” Lyra said panicking. Blitz looks at the direction where it was located and was thinking how to get there fast. Then realization hit him. He looks at his wings and realize he hasn’t flew when he got here and decided to start now. “I think I know how to get there fast,” Blitz said with a smirk. “Really? How?” Lyra asked. “Well, let’s just say you might need to hold on tight for this one,” Blitz said, grabbing Lyra’s hooves. She blush and notice she was starting to spin around. At first, it was a slow pause. But then, it was getting faster and faster by the second. “Blitz, what are you doing?” “Well, here’s the plan. I’m going to throw you over our location, and I’m going to fly over there before you splat somewhere on the wall,” Blitz said, getting Lyra shocked on what he just said. “Wait, wha-” She was cut off when he releases her and threw her like it was a little pebble. Blitz was flapping his wings and closed his eyes and took a deep breath before he goes. ‘Okay Blitz. Remember who you are. Remember what species you are and Most important…Remember…Who’s…Fastest!’ With those words, Blitz launches and flew and with a blink of an eye, he was already at full speed. By the pegasus record book, he already broken all of them. A noise was reveled behind a little bush and came out an orange filly with her mouth open on what she just saw. Not only he saw a pony faster than the Wonderbolts, but more faster than her sister, Rainbow Dash. She couldn’t even see him cause his speed of flight was superior than any other pegasus. She couldn’t believe it. “That was……AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!”